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The Hobbit Comprehension Assessment

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  • What happens to trolls when they are exposed to daylight?
    They turn to stone.
  • Who is the main protagonist of the story?
    Bilbo
  • What does Bilbo name his sword?
    Sting
  • How does Bilbo save the dwarves from the spiders?
    He turns invisible and uses his sword to cut them down.
  • Who is the master of Rivendell?
    Elrond
  • Where does Bilbo hide the dwarves during their escape from the wood elves?
    In barrels
  • How many armies are assembled at the final battle?
    five
  • What is the name of Thorin’s sword that was found in the trolls’ cave?
    Ocrist
  • Who says this: “Let’s have no more argument. I have chosen Mr. Baggins and that ought to be enough for all of you. If I say he is a Burglar, a Burglar he is, or will be when the time comes. There is a lot more in him than you guess..."
    Gandalf
  • Which of the following would best be identified as the Approach to the Inmost Cave?
    Bilbo must go by himself down the secret path to the heart of the Lonely Mountain where Smaug lives.
  • What is Bilbo’s plan to avoid war?
    His plan was to give the arkenstone to the Elf King.
  • Who wants Mr. Baggins to accompany the Dwarves?
    Gandalf
  • What happens to Thorin in the end?
    He dies.
  • Bilbo is a descendant of the
    Baggins and the Tooks
  • What did Bard use to slay the dragon?
    A black arrow
  • What is the name of the treasure Thorin values most?
    Arkenstone
  • Who kills Smaug?
    Bard
  • Who saves the party from the Wargs?
    The Eagles
  • What is Bilbo's more adventurous side?
    Took
  • What is happening to Bilbo’s possessions when he returns home?
    They are being auctioned off.
  • Which of the following would best be identified as the Return with Elixer?
    Bilbo returns home with self-knowledge and wisdom.
  • What two shapes can Beorn assume?
    Bear and Human
  • The dwarves get locked up by the wood elves. How are they freed? How does Bilbo help the dwarves escape the dungeons of Mirkwood?
    An invisible Bilbo frees them from the dungeons and they float in barrels used for trade down the river and out of Mirkwood.
  • What did the Master of LakeTown not believe?
    He didn’t believe that Thorin was related to Thor, King of the Mountain.
  • What does Bilbo not tell the dwarves about his adventures inside the tunnels?
    That he now has a ring that makes him invisible.
  • Who is the wizard?
    Gandalf
  • When Bard comes to claim some of the gold, how does Thorin respond?
    He is uncooperative.
  • Which of the following would best be identified as the Tests, Allies, and Enemies?
    Bilbo encounters trolls, goblins, elves, spiders, and more.
  • What is the name of Gandalf’s sword?
    Glamdring
  • What is Smaug’s weakness?
    A missing scale above his heart.
  • Which of the following would best be identified as Meeting the Mentor?
    Gandalf encourages Bilbo to go on the adventure.
  • What is the name of Bilbo’s hillside home?
    Bag End
  • Where does Bilbo choose to live at the end of the novel?
    Hobbiton
  • What are moon letters?
    Rune letters that only appear when the phase of the moon from which it was written shines behind them.
  • Which of the following would best be identified as the Ordinary World?
    The Shire
  • What is the name of the town that the dragon Smaug destroyed?
    Lake Town
  • Which of the following would best be identified as the Ordeal?
    Bilbo holds a conversation with Smaug.
  • Where does Bilbo find the One Ring?
    The Misty Mountain's Caves
  • Which of the following would best be identified as the Reward?
    Bilbo is given a goblet, but he gains maturity in many ways.
  • Why does Bilbo go with the Dwarves?
    For adventure
  • Who is Thorin?
    King of the Dwarves
  • Which of the following would best be identified as the Call to Adventure?
    Gandalf invites the dwarves to Bilbo's house and wants Bilbo to join their mission.
  • Which of the following would best be identified as the Refusal of the Call?
    Bilbo wants the dwarves out of his house and does not want adventure.
  • Who is the author of The Hobbit?
    JRR Tolkien
  • What does Smaug keep that belongs to the dwarves?
    Treasure
  • What kind of contest do Bilbo and Gollum hold?
    Riddle
  • What is the name of the evil wolflike creatures that support the goblins?
    Wargs
  • Which of the following would best be identified as Crossing the Threshold?
    Bilbo runs to the Green Dragon Inn hoping to catch the dwarves.
  • What evil sorcerer has taken up residence in Mirkwood?
    The Necromancer
  • What is Bilbo so distressed about losing after he escapes the goblins' caves in the Misty Mountains?
    His buttons