Try to answer these questions in the comments section below. Enjoy! Let me know if you have any questions!
1. Who is Bilbo Baggins?
2. Give a brief description of a hobbit.
3. Discuss the significance of the name Belladonna.
4. What did Gandalf claim to be looking for when he arrived on Bilbo's doorstep?
5. What does Gandalf do with the spike on his staff just before leaving Bilbo's home?
6. Who began to arrive at Bilbo's home the next day for tea?
7. Give proof that Gandalf has knocked very hard on Bilbo's front door.
8. List the instruments the dwarves used to accompany their songs.
9. What indication is there that Thorin is the leader of the dwarves?
10.Explain why Bilbo lets out a horrible shriek and begins to shake like jelly.
11. What does Gandalf threaten to do if the assembled dwarves refuse to accept his choice of Bilbo Baggins as the fourteenth man for their expedition?
12. According to Thorin what had happened to his family's wealth?
Vocabulary: porthole, belladonna, absurd, discreet, scuttling, flummoxed, wretched, parlour, kindling, fetch, fender, audacious, conspirator, remuneration, obstinately, reverence, necromancer
1. The sailor looked out of the porthole and saw the ocean.
A porthole is…
a. glasses
b. a round window
c. a piece of wood
2. Please take off that clown costume. You look absurd.
Absurd means…
a. ridiculous
b. fashionable
c. sad
3. Steve was so confused that he was flummoxed.
a. happy
b. laughing
c. extremely confused
4. A parlour is a place where people...
a. talk and visit
b. sleep
c. play soccer
5. a discreet person is someone who…
a. tells secrets
b. doesn’t tell secretes
c. laughs at everyone
6. If you have reverence for your parents you…
a. are friends with them
b. have deep respect for them
c. take them to the movies
7. A conspirator is someone who you want to
a. go swimming with
b. invite to your birthday
c. do something secret with
8. Tom often asks his boss audacious questions. He might lose his job if he keeps doing it. Tom’s questions …
a. go too far (are overly bold and daring)
b. make everyone laugh
c. are about Coke
