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SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - The Hobbit

Chapter 2

1. Why did Bilbo leave his Hill in such a hurry to go to the Green Dragon Inn?

2. What had Bilbo forgotten to bring with him, and how was it remedied?

3. When did Bilbo first wish that he were back home?

4. Identify William, Bert, and Tom.

5. What did William catch Bilbo doing?

6. Who saved Bilbo, Thorin, and company from the trolls? How?

7. What did Gandalf, Thorin, and Bilbo take from the trolls’ cave?

Chapter 3

1. What kind of creatures inhabited the valley of Rivendell and helped the travelers find the

Last Homely Home? What did Bilbo and the dwarves think of them?

2. Identify Elrond.

3. What important information did Elrond give the travelers?

4. What was Durin’s Day?

Vocabulary - The Hobbit Chapters 2-3

Part I: Using Prior Knowledge and Contextual Clues

Below are the sentences in which the vocabulary words appear in the text. Read the sentence.

Use any clues you can find in the sentence combined with your prior knowledge, and write what you think the underlined words mean in the space provided.

1, 2. Thinking it unnecessary to disturb your esteemed repose, we have proceeded in advance to

make requisite preparations, and shall await your respected person at the Green Dragon Inn

3. but there was a good deal of food jumbled carelessly on shelves and on the ground, among an

untidy litter of plunder, of all sorts from brass buttons to pots full of gold coins standing in a corner.

4. These are not troll-make. They are old swords, very old swords of the High Elves of the West,

my kin.

Vocabulary - The Hobbit Chapter 2 & 3

Part II: Determining the Meaning -- Match the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions.

___ 1. repose                          A. stolen property

___ 2. requisite                       B. required; necessary

___ 3. plunder                         C. relatives

___ 4. kin                                D. rest