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The Hobbit

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Bilbo's job on the adventure?

a)

Burglar

b)

Moral Support

c)

Entertainment

d)

Bowsman

2.

Why do the dwarves want to go on the adventure?

a)

To steal the gold

b)

To kill a dragon

c)

To discover their purpose in life

d)

To reclaim their rightful inheritance under the mountain

3.

What happens to the trolls after Gandalf tricks them?

a)

The spiders carry them away

b)

They fall asleep

c)

Sunlight turns the trolls into stone

d)

Bilbo stabs them with his sword

4.

Bilbo matches wits with Gollum in a battle of what?

a)

Riddles

b)

Jokes

c)

Poetry

d)

Knife Skills

5.

Why does the Lord of the Eagles save the dwarves and Bilbo?

a)

They heard Bilbo's cries for help.

b)

The eagles are friends of Gandalf and enemies of the Goblins.

c)

They wanted some of the dwarves' treasure.

d)

They were sent by the elves.

6.

What is unique about Beorn?

a)

He is a wood elf with excellent bow skills.

b)

He is a skin-changer, capable of turning into a bear.

c)

He owns an arrow that can kill dragons.

d)

He is a shape-shifter, who turns into a goblin at night.

7.

Why must the dwarves enter Beorn's house in pairs, five minutes apart?

a)

The path is too narrow.

b)

Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.

c)

They don't want to startle him.

d)

They don't want the goblins to see them.

8.

What happens to Bombur in Mirkwood?

a)

He falls into a stream and is put into a sleep that lasts for days.

b)

He is bitten by a giant spider.

c)

He drinks water from a magic stream and gets sick.

d)

He gets captured by wood elves and put in prison.

9.

How does Bilbo help the dwarves escape from the Wood-elves?

a)

He challenges the wood-elves to a riddle battle.

b)

He sends the Eagles to carry them away.

c)

He puts them in barrels and floats them down the river.

d)

He disguises his voice to trick the elves into releasing the dwarves.

10.

What is unique about Thorin that allows him to claim the treasure under the mountain as his own?

a)

He is a descendant of the King Under the Mountain

b)

He is the leader of the party of dwarves.

c)

He knows the master of Lake Town.

d)

He is capable of killing the dragon.

11.

How do Bilbo and the dwarves finally find the secret door?

a)

Bilbo remembers the riddle on the map and the keyhole is revealed as the sun sets.

b)

Kili and Fili discover the door during a storm.

c)

Bilbo trips and falls and lands on a lever that opens the door.

d)

Bard shoots his arrow into the keyhole.

12.

What does Smaug do when he discovers Bilbo has stolen the cup?

a)

He offers to trade the Arkenstone for the cup.

b)

He barely notices because he has so much treasure.

c)

He is enraged and chases down the ponies and devours them.

d)

He finds Bilbo and the dwarves and throws them into a dungeon.

13.

What was the weak point of the dwarves' plan?

a)

They didn't account for sharing some of the wealth with the dragon.

b)

They didn't have a plan for sending Bilbo's share of the treasure home with him.

c)

Their greatest weakness was that they were too strong.

d)

They didn't have a plan for killing the dragon.

14.

What is cram?

a)

The stone that was the greatest treasure of the dwarves under the mountain.

b)

The name if the arrow that kills Smaug.

c)

A biscuit like food made by the men of Dale and Lake Town.

d)

A type of fish that provided sustenance for the people of Lake Town.

15.

What does Thorin give Bilbo?

a)

A sword, the name of which was "Sting."

b)

A black arrow.

c)

The Arkenstone.

d)

A coat of Elvish mail and a leather coated helmet.

16.

What is the importance of the Black Arrow that Bard used to kill Smaug?

a)

The party found it amongst the trolls treasure.

b)

It was a gift from the Wood-Elves to Bilbo.

c)

Beorn made the arrow in his wood cabin.

d)

It was a gift to the Lord of Dale from King Thror.

17.

What good news does Roac bring?

a)

Bard is still alive.

b)

Smaug is dead.

c)

The men of Lake Town and the Elves are coming for the treasure.

d)

The Eagles are coming.

18.

Why does Bilbo offer the Arkenstone to Bard?

a)

To use as a negotiating tool with Thorin.

b)

As a reward for killing Smaug.

c)

As a trade for the Black Arrow.

d)

He thought it was worthless.

19.

Who is involved in the Battle of Five Armies?

a)

Hobbits, Elves, Cram, Wargs, and Trolls

b)

Goblins, Wargs, Trolls, Dragons, and Orcs

c)

Bilbo, Thorin, Beorn, Gandalf, and Bard

d)

Dwarves, Elves, Men, Goblins (and Wargs), and The Eagles

20.

Why are Bilbo's things being sold?

a)

He was presumed dead.

b)

He was being pranked by Gandalf.

c)

He was hosting a yard sale because he was buying new things.

d)

To pay for Thorin's funeral costs.