The Hobbit 5-10 notes

Question 1

What does Bilbo find on the floor of the cave?

Answer 1

A ring

Question 2

What does Gollum call the ring?

Answer 2

Birthday present/My precious

Question 3

What attacks the company, forcing them up into the trees?

Answer 3

Huge wolves

Question 4

What else shows up?

Answer 4

Goblins

Question 5

What do the goblins do when they attack them?

Answer 5

They light the trees on fire

Question 6

What saves them at the last minute?

Answer 6

Eagles and the lord of the eagles

Question 7

Who is Beorn?

Answer 7

Man who can turn into a bear

Question 8

What is the name of the forest they must venture through?

Answer 8

Mirkwood

Question 9

What warning did Beorn give them?

Answer 9

Don’t drink the water

Question 10

Who falls in and what happens to him?

Answer 10

Bombur; he falls asleep

Question 11

Why do they leave the path?

Answer 11

They see a fire and elves feasting

Question 12

What attacks Bilbo when he wakes up?

Answer 12

Spiders

Question 13

What does he name his sword?

Answer 13

Sting

Question 14

What does he use to rescue the dwarves?

Answer 14

Stones to rescue the dwarves

Question 15

Who goes missing?

Answer 15

Thorin

Question 16

What happens to Thorin at the end of chapter 8?

Answer 16

He is locked up by the elf-king and the wood-elves

Question 17

What do the wood elves do the dwarves?

Answer 17

They blindfold them and bring them to the elvenking

Question 18

Who is the leader of the elves?

Answer 18

Elvenking

Question 19

Why do they refuse to tell him what their mission is?

Answer 19

So they wouldn’t have to share the treasures with the king

Question 20

Why is Bilbo not thrown in the dungeon?

Answer 20

He uses the ring to become invisible

Question 21

What do the elves trade with Lake Town men? What do they use to trade these goods?

Answer 21

Wine; they use barrels

Question 22

How does Bilbo get the dungeon keys?

Answer 22

He took it from the chief guard who was drunk and asleep

Question 23

How do he and the dwarves escape?

Answer 23

They hide in barrels and go from the river

Question 24

Where does the river take them?

Answer 24

Lake town

Question 25

What title does Thorin give the men when he introduces himself?

Answer 25

Son of thrain, son of thror king under the mountain