The Hobbit: Chapters 9-10 Quiz

What happens to the rest of the dwarves after Thorin is captured?

• they are also captured by wood elves

• they escape Mirkwood only to be captured by humans

• they are led out of the forest by the eagles

• they backtrack through the forest and return to Beorn

How does Bilbo avoid being captured by the wood elves?

• he slips on the ring and disappears
• he hides behind a copse of bushes
• he was asleep under a pile of leaves at the time of their capture
• he follows a secret path

How does Bilbo help the dwarves escape the dungeons of the wood elves

• He uses the ring to open their cages with keys
• he forces an elf to open the cages
• he breaks the cages down with Sting
• he causes a distraction while they escape

How does the group escape the home of the wood elves?

• by climbing into empty barrels and floating down river

• they capture elves and use them as ransom

• the kill the Elf King and force their way out

• they find a secret path out of the elves' home

How does Bilbo get in and out of the palace?

• He walks around invisible with the Ring.
• He's very capable of sneaking around without getting caught.
• He's small enough and able to hide well.
• Hobbits are very quiet when they walk.

The elven king tells them they are being held prisoner because

• They are strangers invading his

  territory.

• They won't explain their quest.

• He is an unjust king who does not care for dwarfs.

• He is upset by the death of all the spiders who are his allies.

Bilbo is able to get the keys because

• The guard goes off to a feast.
• The guard feels sorry for him.
• The guard falls asleep.
•  The guard goes shopping.

At his cell door, Thorin tells Bilbo

• He's sorry for the trouble he's caused.
• To tell the dwarfs he has heard from Gandalf.
• To tell the dwarfs to keep their
  mission a secret.
•  To tell the elf king what he want to know so they can be released.

Why does the elven king say the dwarves no longer need to be tied up with ropes?

• they were too weary to run away

• there is no escape from the magic doors once inside the palace

• they had been blindfolded and would not be able to find their way out

• they had been thrown into a large pit with no doors

What was the main flaw in Bilbo's plan to escape the palace of the wood elves? 

• there were no empty barrels 
• he did not have a barrel for himself.
• there elves inspected each barrel before they sent them downstream
• there were no barrels big enough for the dwarfs