The Hobbit Vocabulary

No matter what the dwarves thought, Bilbo was not one to _____ his responsibilities.

• gnash

• shirk

• yammer

• splay

Gollum's _______ home was gloomy and solitary.

• eyrie

• gnashed

• subterranean

• ajar

Gandalf ______ the great Goblin with his sword.

• shirked

• clamoured

• smote

• precipiced

Bilbo heard the _____ ans went to see what was happening.

• clamour

• spalying

• eyrie

• shirking

The door was _____, and Bilbo could hear what was said.

• splayed

• smote

• ajar

• yammering

He tumbled over the edge of the ________.

• eyrie

• aerie

• precipice

• shirk

The dwarves'________ gave Bilbo a headache.

• precipice

• gnash

• smote

• yammering

Which character would be more venerable?

• Gollum

• Fili

• Gandalf

• Bilbo

You are having pancakes for breakfast. You tell your mom, "Bilbo might call these ________."

• harks

• bonnets

• bannocks

• limbas bread

Bilbo thought his _____________ suffered when he was made to look foolish.

• prudent

• parchment

• dignity

• prosperous