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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who attacks first and starts the war over the dragon gold?
(a) The Lakemen.
(b) The goblins and wargs.
(c) The dwarves.
(d) The elves.

2. How old is Roac the raven?
(a) We are not told.
(b) 153.
(c) 135.
(d) 300.

3. How does Bilbo know that the gem he stumbles across is the Arkenstone?
(a) He hears the ghost of a long-dead dwarf whisper its name to him as he picks it up.
(b) He does not know it is the Arkenstone at all and fails to recognize it.
(c) Bilbo recognizes it from Thorin's description.
(d) It is written in letters of gold across one of the facets of the stone.

4. What phase of the moon is showing when Bilbo realizes that Durin's Day has come and they can find the keyhole?
(a) A half moon.
(b) A waning crescent.
(c) A new moon.
(d) A full moon.

5. What unexpected news does Bilbo give the elves and Lakemen?
(a) The goblins are on their way to take the treasure.
(b) Thorin is weakening and is prepared to share.
(c) Smaug had a mate who is still alive inside the mountain.
(d) Dain from the Iron Hills is coming to Thorin's aid.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do the dwarves and Bilbo stay in Laketown?

2. How does the Elvenking react to the sight of the Arkenstone?

3. Why is Bard astonished when the thrush lands on his shoulder?

4. What does Bilbo most want to happen while the dwarves are preparing for a siege by the elves and Lakemen?

5. What had Fili's barrel been used to carry before he escaped inside it?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the treasure divided after the battle is won in Chapter 17?

2. What are the five armies involved in the Battle of the Five Armies?

3. What effect does the sight of the treasure have on the dwarves?

4. What dreams or legends do the Lakemen have regarding the King Under the Mountain and Smaug?

5. How does Bilbo's attitude differ from that of the dwarves in Chapter 9?

6. Why does Smaug laugh when Bilbo tells him that revenge is one of the motives of their quest?

7. How is Bilbo able to take and hide the Arkenstone without the dwarves knowing?

8. What advice does Roac the raven give to Thorin in this Chapters 15 & 16?

9. What details are given in Chapter 11 as hints to an alert reader that the one chance of finding the keyhole is about to present itself?

10. How do Bilbo and the dwarves know that they have successfully found the secret entrance into the mountain?

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