The Hobbit - Chapter 8, "Flies and Spiders" Indy Reading Quiz

What animals do the adventurers see quite frequently in the early stages of their journey through Mirkwood?

• Deer.
• Black squirrels.
• Poisonous snakes.
• Wild boars.

Why don't the adventurers drink from the black stream in the middle of Mirkwood?

• Beorn had warned them that the water was enchanted.
• It looks poisonous and unhealthy.
• They are more interested in getting across it.
• It flows too fast to be safe if they stand on the brink and try to fill their waterskins.

Who is supposed to ride in the boat with Bombur?

• Bofur.
• Dwalin.
• Bilbo.
• Kili.

Why does Bombur fall into the enchanted river?

• Dwalin knocks him in accidentally.
• The boat starts floating downstream so he jumps into the water.
• A deer knocks him in.
• He is too fat and clumsy to jump out of the boat without stumbling.

Which of the following is not a change that the adventurers notice after encountering the hunt and the white deer?

• They begin to hear singing and laughter in the distance.
• They start to see and hear birds in the branches above them.
• They see autumn leaves beginning to fall from the trees.
• The shadows in the forest do not seem as deep or dark.

What small creatures does Bilbo find at the top of the oak tree in Chapter 8?

• Centipedes and earwigs.
• Squirrels and sparrows.
• Black butterflies and spiders.
• Moths and caterpillars.

Who is the first to see the lights from the elves' feast?

• Bilbo.
• Balin.
• Thorin.
• Bombur.

Which of the following does not happen when one of the adventurers steps into the ring of lights surrounding the elves' feast?

• The lights magically go out.
• The elves begin singing an eerie tune.
• The fire erupts in a shower of sparks.
• The adventurers become confused and disoriented.

What wakes Bilbo up from his sleep after he realizes he is alone in Chapter 8, after coming across the elves' feast?

• A spider, which is trying to wrap him up in sticky thread.
• A high-pitched buzzing noise made by a fly attempting to escape from the spiders.
• The hunting horn of the elf king.
• The shouts and cries of the dwarves.

How does Bilbo kill the spiders who have captured the dwarves in their webs?

• He stabs them stealthily with Sting.
• He enrages them so much that they fall out of their trees to their deaths.
• He uses strands of their own webs to make nooses and strangles them.
• He throws stones at them.