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SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - The Hobbit

Chapter 6

1. Why did the dwarves have a better opinion of Bilbo Baggins when he rejoined them after

his adventures with Gollum and the goblins?

2. What detail about his adventures with Gollum did Bilbo leave out when he told the

dwarves the story?

3. Where were the travelers after the goblin adventures?

4. Why did the travelers climb up into the trees?

5. Who saved Bilbo from the wolves?

6. Identify wargs.

7. Why were the wargs at the clearing?

8. How did Gandalf try to get rid of the wargs and goblins?

9. Who or what saved the travelers from the wargs, goblins, and fire?

10. Describe the Eagles.

Vocabulary - The Hobbit Chapter 6

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. He was on a stony path winding downwards with a rocky wall on the left hand; on the other side the ground sloped away and there were dells below the level of the path overhung with bushes and low trees.

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2. If we have got to go back now into those abominable tunnels to look for him, then drat him, I say

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3. Then they shouted with surprise and delight. Gandalf was as astonished as any of them, but

probably more pleased than all the others.

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4. He loosed Dori’s ankles with a gasp and fell onto the rough platform of an eagle’s eyrie.

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

___ 1. dells                              A. nest built on a high place

___ 2. abominable                    B. small, secluded, wooded valley

___ 3. astonished                     C. thoroughly unpleasant

___ 4. eyrie                              D. surprised