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The Hobbit Chapter 18

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do Bard and the Elf King use to barter with Thorin?

a)

The Arkenstone

b)

The threat of force (war)

c)

Food to survive the winter

d)

Service in the form of helping repair the mountain

2.

How much gold and silver was Thorin willing to give to get the Arkenstone back?

a)

Bilbo's share of the gold, one-fourteenth

b)

Half of all the gold

c)

Half of all the gems

d)

One fourth share without the gems

3.

Who showed up the day after Thorin found out Bard and the Elf King had the Arkenstone?

a)

Gandalf

b)

The Orcs

c)

Dain from the Iron Hills

d)

More Elves

4.

Who showed up to fight right as the Dwarves were going to attack the Elves and men?

a)

Orcs

b)

Gandalf

c)

Goblins

d)

Giant worms

5.

Who Were the five armies involved in the Battle of the Five Armies?

a)

Men, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, Wolves

b)

Men, Dwarves, Eagles, Wolves, Goblins

c)

Elves, Orcs, Goblins, Bats, Men

d)

Dwarves, Men, Elves, Wolves, Goblins

6.

Who came out unexpectedly to help fight the battle?

a)

Thorin and company

b)

More elves from the forest

c)

More Dwarves (not Thorin)

d)

Hawks from the sky

7.

Who showed up to help right as Bilbo thought they were going to lose the battle? Pick all that apply

a)

Eagles

b)

More Dwarves

c)

Beorn the Skin Changer

d)

Radigast the Brown (another wizard)

8.

What happened to Bilbo right at the end of the chapter 17?

a)

He was killed

b)

He told everyone the eagles were coming

c)

He got knocked out by a rock

d)

He fell off a cliff

9.

What words mean surrounded? Pick all that apply

a)

beset

b)

flanked

c)

vanguard

d)

fray

10.

Which word means conflict or skirmish?

a)

fray

b)

flank

c)

vanguard

d)

plaited

11.

"You all seem in league!" said Thorin ..."Never again will I have dealings with a wizard or his friends."

What is the meaning of in league?

a)

working together

b)

in agreement

c)

opposed

d)

at odds

12.

Who stopped the battle of Dwarves, Men, and Elves to call attention to the advancing goblin army?

a)

Gandalf

b)

Bilbo

c)

Dain

d)

Bard

13.

Bilbo says "This invisibility has it's drawbacks after all." Why was he upset?

a)

He missed dinner

b)

He Missed breakfast

c)

He could have slept in a bed

d)

he got stepped on

14.

Why did Bilbo give a gift to the elven king?

a)

To pay for the food he burgled

b)

Because they were friends

c)

So the king would give him safe passage through Mirkwood

d)

He wanted to make amends for calling the king attercop.

15.

Where was Thorin going when he said "I now leave all gold and silver, and go where it is of little worth."?

a)

the grave

b)

Mirkwood

c)

The Iron Hills

d)

the west