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SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - The Hobbit

Chapter 4

1. Why did the travelers go into the cave?

2. What did Bilbo dream in the cave?

3. Bilbo and Thorin & Co. had a nasty surprise in the cave. What was it?

4. Did the goblins get Gandalf?

5. List several characteristics of goblins.

6. What caused the Great Goblin to become enraged?

7. How did the travelers escape from the Goblins’ cavern?

8. What were Biter and Beater?

9. Goblins run faster than dwarves. How did the travelers escape the pursuit of the goblins?

10. What happened to Dori and Bilbo?

Chapter 5

1. When Bilbo awoke after falling off of Dori’s shoulders when the goblins grabbed Dori,

what was strange about his surroundings?

2. While groping around on the floor, what did Bilbo find and put in his pocket?

3. How did Bilbo know his knife was an elvish blade, too?

4. Identify Gollum.

5. Gollum and Bilbo made a deal. What was it?

6. How did Bilbo win the riddle game with Gollum?

7. Where was Gollum’s lost birthday present?

8. How did Bilbo discover the power of the ring?

9. How did Bilbo find the way out of Gollum’s land?

10. Why didn’t Bilbo kill Gollum?

11. What gave Bilbo away to the goblins as he tried to escape out the door?

12. Why did the goblins give up looking for Bilbo?

Vocabulary - The Hobbit Chapters 4-5

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. The nights were comfortless and chill, and they did not dare to sing or talk too loud, for the 

    echoes were uncanny, and the silence seemed to dislike being broken

2. He know, of course, that the riddle game was sacred and of immense antiquity, and even 

    wicked creatures were afraid to cheat when they played at it.

3. Gollum was in his boat again, paddling wildly back to the dark shore; and such a rage of loss

    and suspicion was in his heart that no sword had any more terror for him.

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

___ 1. uncanny A. quality of being very old or ancient

___ 2. antiquity             B. unexplainable & strange, exciting wonder & fear

___ 3. suspicion           C. thinking something exists, especially something wrong, without any  

                                         proof