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SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - The Hobbit
Chapter 7
1. Identify Beorn.
2. Why did Gandalf introduce the dwarves a few at a time to Beorn?
3. What news did Gandalf bring the dwarves about Beorn’s whereabouts?
4. Beorn warned them about some things in Mirkwood. What?
5. How do we know Beorn liked the travelers?
6. Why did Gandalf leave Thorin & Co.?
7. What were Gandalf’s parting words to the travelers as he left them at Mirkwood?
Vocabulary - The Hobbit Chapter 7
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 morning was cool, and mists were in the valleys and hollows and twined here and there
about the peaks and pinnacles of the hills.
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2. He was clothed in a tunic of wool down to his knees.
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3. That is Mr. Baggins, a hobbit of good family and unimpeachable reputation.
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4. It was difficult to think of pursuing goblins behind, and when they had put many miles
between them and Beorn’s house they began to talk and to sing again.
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5. Cheer up Thorin and Company! This is your expedition after all. Think of the treasure at the
end, and forget the forest and the dragon
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6. “Do we really have to go through?” groaned the hobbit. “Yes, you do!” said the wizard, “if you want to get to the other side. You must either go through or give up your quest. And I am not going to let you back out now, Mr. Baggins.
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Part II: Determining the Meaning Match the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions.
___ 1. pinnacle A. chasing
___ 2. tunic B. top;
___ 3. unimpeachable C. search
___ 4. pursuing D. beyond doubt; unquestionable
___ 5. expedition E. long, loose-fitting shirt or coat
___ 6. quest F. a journey undertaken with a definite objective