Characters
Hobbit; the protagonist of the story. He is invited by Gandalf to join him and the dwarves on an adventure.
Who is Bilbo Baggins?
The leader of the dwarves; grandson of Thror.
Who is Thorin?
Who are the 3 trolls from whom Bilbo takes the key to a cave?
Who are Bert, Tom, and William?
What happens to trolls when they stay out past dawn?
They turn into stone.
Who are crude and violent and capture dwarves in order to roast and eat them?
Trolls!
(Bert, Tom, and William - extra info)
Wizard; teacher, mentor, and protector of Bilbo
Who is Gandalf?
How many dwarves go with Thorin, Gandalf, and Bilbo on the long journey?
What is 12?
Balin, Dwalin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Dori, Nori, Ori, Fili, Kili, Oin, Gloin
The proprietor of the Last Homely House at the Edge of the Wild, and is a leader of the elves.
Who is the elf, Elrond?
Ugly wicked creatures who live in a cave in the Misty Mountains.
Who are the Goblins?
The slimy creature who guards the mouth of the cave.
Who is Gollum?
He is completely self-centered and talks to himself. He owns the ring of invisibility that Bilbo steals.
Who is Gollum?
After they escape from the Goblins, Bilbo and the dwarves hide in trees from these wild wolves.
What are Wargs?
Lives underground in the Lonely Mountain, where he keeps watch over the treasure hoard that rightfully belongs to Thorin.
Who is Smaug, the dragon?
The archer from Lake-town who killed Smaug the dragon with his black bow and eventually becomes Master of Lake-town.
Who is Bard?
Esgaroth, the town of men is also called this.
What is Lake-town?
Bilbo and the dwarves are rescued from the Wargs by these.
What are eagles?
Bilbo tries to help negotiate peace by giving Bard this.
What is the Arkenstone?
They capture Bilbo and the dwarves and eat their ponies.
Who are the Goblins?
Despite his fear, Bilbo confronts Smaug in his lair and steals ___________.
What is a gold cup?
Gandalf kills the Great Goblin using this ___________. (What is its name?)
What is Glamdring?
Glamdring was a sword, said to have belonged to Turgon, but best known as the weapon of Gandalf during the War of the Ring. It was known in Westron as the Foe-hammer, and Orcs knew it as Beater.
What is described as a hot, dark, scary forest covered with lots of cobwebs?
What is Mirkwood?
It is a well hidden valley in the moorlands and foothills of the Hithaeglir or Misty Mountains.
What is Rivendell?
And Gollum thought suddenly: "It would be cool and shady under the _____ _________. The Sun could not watch me there. There must be great secrets buried there which have not been discovered since the beginning."
'So he journeyed by night up into the highlands, and he found a little cave out of which the dark stream ran; and he wormed his way like a maggot into them
What are the Misty Mountains?
The group’s ultimate destination. Where Smaug lives and where their treasure is stored.
What is the Lonely Mountain?
Trying to find their way out of the forest of Mirkwood, the dwarves are captured; Bilbo avoids capture because he is wearing the ring. Invisible, he follows the dwarves, who are taken by the elves across a bridge to _________________.
What is the Wood-elves palace? a.k.a. the cave palace of the Elvenking.