The Hobbit Study Guide
I. In the numbered blanks on the left, write the letter of the matching person, place, or thing.
_____ 1. Steals a cup from a sleeping dragon
A. Bag-End
_____ 2. Hobbit relatives who were adventurous
B. Esgaroth
_____ 3. Town burned by the dragon
C. Mirkwood
_____ 4. Wolves allied with the Goblin King
D. Bombur
_____ 5. A globe with a thousand facets
E. Roac
_____ 6. Loser in the riddling contest
F. Dain
_____ 7. Forest where the company is captured by elves
G. Arkenstone
_____ 8. Flees with survivors from Smaug
H. Beorn
_____ 9. Allies who save the Company from burning in the trees
I. Thorin
_____10. Dragon who guards the treasure
J. Eagles
_____ 11. Bilbo’s home
K. Bilbo
_____ 12. Goblin cleaver
L. Elf-King
_____ 13. Ancient messenger bird
M.Wargs
_____ 14. Wizard who selects Biblo as the burglar
N. Goblins
_____ 15. Leads dwarven reinforcements to Thorin
O. Elrond
_____ 16. Dwarf who apologizes to Bilbo
P. Smaug
_____ 17. A shape-shifter
Q. Thror
_____ 18. Greatest enemies of dwarves and men
R. Gollum
_____ 19. Imprisons the dwarves in his dungeon
S. Gandalf
_____ 20. Location of the dwarves’ lost kingdom
T. Took
_____ 21. Discovers the moon letters on the map
U. Bard
_____ 22. Owner of the black arrow
V. Sting
_____ 23. King Under the Mountain
W. Thrain
_____ 24. Spider’s bane
X. Lonely Mountain
_____ 25. Takes Bilbo’s turn on watch
Y. Orcrist
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What riddle does Gollum fail to solve?
As Gollum prepares to leap from the treetop, what happens?
How do the dwarves escape through the trapdoor?
Who does Bilbo expect at tea on Wednesday?
What does Bombur’s clumsiness cause him to do?
Why must the dwarves carry Bilbo?
What does Gandalf say or do as he leaves the dwarves?
What does Bombur complain about?
What does Bilbo see on Thror’s map?
Why does Smaug destroy the people of Dale?
How do the dwarves and Bilbo find the secret door?
What does Thorin’s note promise Bilbo?
Why does Beorn not take Gandalf’s word about how they killed the great Goblin?
What happens when Bilbo picks Williams’ pocket?
What do the wolves use the Warg language to talk about?
How does Bilbo save Bombur from the spider?