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Tolkien & The Hobbit, Chapter 1

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the setting for the first chapter?
a)
Thorin's house
b)
 Hobbiton
c)
The Shire
d)
 Bilbo's home
2.
What does everyone know about hobbits?
a)
They don't like to live under ground.
b)
They never do anything unexpected or go on adventures.
c)
They are generally slender.
d)
They are very greedy.
3.
Who initially invites Bilbo on the adventure?
a)
Thorin
b)
Dori and Nori
c)
 Belladonna Took
d)
Gandalf
4.
What are the two sides of Bilbo's family?
a)
 The Baggins and Smalls
b)
The Baggins and Forests
c)
The Baggins and Hills
d)
The Baggins and Tooks
5.
What is Bilbo's first response to being invited to the journey
a)
Yes, thank you!
b)
No, thank you!
No, thank you!
c)
I'm not sure.
d)
 I need more information.I need more information.
6.
What job do the dwarves want to hire Bilbo for?
a)
Dragon slayer
b)
Tracker
c)
Burglar
d)
Cook
7.
Who is the leader of the dwarves?
a)
Bilbo
b)
Dwalin
c)
Gandalf
d)
Thorin
8.

What does Bilbo do that concerns the dwarves?

a)

He runs out of food.

b)

He fell on the floor and cried out "struck by lightning!"

c)

He doesn't know anything about maps.

d)

He falls and hurts himself.

9.

Who is the following quote describing? "All that the unsuspecting Bilbo saw that morning was an old man with a staff. He had a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, a silver scarf over which his long white beard hung down..." (Tolkien 4).

a)

Bilbo

b)

A dwarf

c)

Gandalf

d)

None of the above

10.

Where was J.R.R. Tolkien born?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Australia

c)

South Africa

d)

South America

11.

Why did Tolkien's family move to England when he was still young?

a)

His mother died

b)

A giant spider bit him

c)

His father died

d)

They missed their homeland

12.

Tolkien was known as a language specialist, or

a)

philosopher

b)

phlebotomist

c)

psychologist

d)

philologist

13.

The famous first line of The Hobbit begins, "In a hole in the ground, there lived a (a)   ."

14.

Tolkien was part of a group of writers who met together and encouraged one another. This group included C.S. Lewis, and was called

a)

The Inklings

b)

The Dragons

c)

The Great Ones

d)

The Oxford Five

15.

The part of Bilbo that wants adventure is the

a)

Baggins side.

b)

Took side.

c)

Human side.

d)

hobbit side.

16.

_________made the map, and is Thorin's grandfather.

a)

Nori

b)

Dori

c)

Thror

d)

Gloin

e)

Thrain