The Hobbit - Chapters 7 & 8

“Farewell!” they cried, “wherever you fare, till your eyries receive you at the journey’s end!”

What is the definition of fare?

• To go or travel.
• To rest or relax.
• To eat a meal.
• To stay in one place.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

“He can be appalling when he is angry, though he is kind enough if humoured [humored]. Still I warn you he gets angry easily.”

What is the definiton of humoured [humored] ?

• Easily irritated or annoyed.
• Feeling indifferent or apathetic.
• In a good mood or agreeable.
• In a bad mood or disagreeable.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

. “That is Mr. Baggins, a hobbit of good family and unimpeachable reputation,” said Gandalf.

What does the word 'unimpeachable' mean as used in the passage?

• Able to be questioned or doubted; unreliable.
• Not able to be questioned or doubted; trustworthy.
• Known for bad reputation and dishonesty.
• A person of low status and poor character.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

He would provide ponies for each of them, and a horse for Gandalf, for their journey to the forest, and he would lade them with food to last them for weeks.

What is the definition of lade ?

• To transport without any cargo.
• To load or put a burden on.
• To decorate or embellish something.
• To unload or remove a burden from.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"...the forest-road itself, he had heard, was overgrown and disused at the eastern end and led to impassable marshes where the paths had long been lost."

What is the definition of impassable?

• Impassable: impossible to travel on or through.

• Impassable: easy to walk across.

• Impassable: covered with flowers.

• Impassable: full of friendly animals.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"...for if they make their raid soon they will cross the river to the south and scour all the edge of the forest so as to cut you off..."

• search thoroughly
• ignore the area
• build a fort
• gather supplies

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

But the eyes that he liked the least were horrible pale bulbous sort of eyes. “Insect eyes,” he thought, “not animal eyes, only they are much too big.”

What is the definition of bulbous?

• Sharp and pointed, resembling a needle.
• Flat and smooth, lacking any curvature.
• Small and beady, typical of rodents.
• Rounded or swollen

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The rope went taut, and Fili pulled in vain.

What is the defintion of the word taut ?

• stretched or pulled tight; not slack.

• loose and hanging freely.

• frayed and about to break.

• knotted and tangled.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

" . . . and after the coming of Men they took ever more and more to the gloaming and the dusk."

What is the definition of gloaming ?

• dawn or morning
• noon or midday
• midnight or night
• twilight

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The Carrock is:

• a large rock in the river that Beorn carves

• a type of magical sword

• a river in Middle-earth

• a city in Middle-earth