The Hobbit
You should be able to answer all of the study questions below. You can get the answer by moving your cursor over the rune or barrel riding hobbit that appears after the question.
Chapter 1
1. What is a Hobbit? 
2. How does Gandalf get Bilbo to take in 13 dwarves? 
3. Why is Thorin important?
4. What is the goal of the adventure?
5. What "secret" do the dwarves have to help them with their adventure?
6. According to Gandalf, what is Bilbo's occupation?
Chapter 2
1. What does Bilbo do to the Trolls?
2. What happens to the Trolls?
3. What special things do Gandalf, Thorin, and Bilbo get from the trolls?
Chapter 3
1. What are runes?
2. What are moon letters?
3. What do the moon letters on the map say?
4. Who lives in Rivendell?
Chapter 4
1. What danger (besides the storm) causes the adventurers to seek shelter?
2. Who sees the goblins first?
3. Who kills the Great Goblin?
4. How does Bilbo keep up with the dwarves?
5. What happens to Bilbo?
Chapter 5
1. What does Bilbo find?
2. What are the terms of the riddle game?
3. How does Bilbo play unfair?
4. What can the ring do?
5. Besides the answer to #4, what weird things is there about the ring?
Chapter 6
1. Does Bilbo decide to go back for the dwarves?
2. Do the dwarves decide to go back for Bilbo?
3. What part of his story does Bilbo leave out?
4. What are wargs?
5. How does Gandalf fight them?
6. How do the Goblins respond to that?
7. How are they saved?
Chapter 7
1. What can Beorn do?
2. How does Gandalf trick Beorn?
3. What are the two warnings about Mirkwood?
Chapter 8
1. What is the main feature about Mirkwood?
2. What happens to Bombur?
3. What causes them to leave the path?
4. What happens when they enter the feasts?
5. What is Sting?
6. What captures the dwarves?
7. What secret does Bilbo tell the dwarves?
8. Who captures Thorin?
Chapter 9
1. How does bilbo avoid capture?
2. Who does Bilbo find in the dungeons?
3. What way out does Bilbo find besides the magically locked doors?
4. What do the dwarves hide in to escape?
Chapter 10
1. Where is Lake Town built?
2. Why do the people of Lake Town welcome the dwarves?
3. Where do the dwarves go from Lake Town?
Chapter 11
1. What does Bilbo make them look for?
2. Do they find it?
Chapter 12
1. Whose job is it to sneak into the dragon's den?
2. What does Bilbo take from the dragon?
3. What does Bilbo tell the dragon that makes him think Bilbo came from Lake-Town?
4. What does Bilbo find out about Smaug?
5. What treasure does Thorin want?
6. What happens to the drawves when they shut the door?
Chapter 13
1. Why do all the dwarves go with Bilbo into the dragon's lair?
2. What does Bilbo take?
Chapter 14
1. Who kills Smaug?
2. How does he find out about the bare spot in Smaug's waistcoat?
3. Who helps the Lake Men?
Chapter 15
1. How do the dwarves find out about Smaug's death?
2. Why do the Lake Men and the elves come to the dwarves?
3. How do the dwarves respond?
4. Who are Thorin's reinforcements?
Chapter 16
1. What does Bilbo give Bard?
2. Who is staying with the Lake Men (in a dark cloak)?
Chapter 17
1. What does Bard bargain with?
2. Who are the five armies?
3. What does Bilbo do during the war?
4. What happens to Bilbo?
Chapter 18
1. Who waits to see Bilbo before he dies?
2. What does he do for Bilbo?
3. Who joined the battle after Bilbo was unconscious?
4. Who else died?
5. Does Bilbo get any treasure?
6. Who takes Bilbo all the way home?
Chapter 19
1. Where was Gandlaf while the dwarves and Bilbo were in Mirkwood and Smaug's lair?
2. What other treasure does Bilbo get?
3. What is going on a Bilbo's house when he returns?
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