“An Unexpected Party”
Questions about events, surprises, and key moments from Chapter 1.
Questions about events, surprises, and key moments from Chapter 1.
This wizard arrives at Bilbo’s door and marks it with a strange symbol.
Who is Gandalf?
This dwarf is the leader of the company.
Who is Thorin Oakenshield?
This peaceful, green region is where Bilbo Baggins lives before his unexpected adventure begins.
What is the Shire?
The trolls argue late into the night, but at sunrise this magical natural effect instantly ends the threat they pose.
What is sunlight turning them to stone?
Bilbo is a hobbit, a creature known for this physical trait on their feet.
What is having thick, hairy feet?
Bilbo is flustered when these guests keep showing up at his home uninvited.
Who are the dwarves?
This title—given to Bilbo—is meant to describe his role/job on the adventure.
What is the burglar?
This member of the company is sent ahead to investigate the firelight.
Who is Bilbo?
This hero returns just in time to confuse the trolls and keep them arguing until sunrise.
Who is Gandalf?
Gandalf’s rune on Bilbo’s door is meant to signal this about Bilbo to the dwarves.
What is that he is a burglar/ready for adventure?
The dwarves invade Bilbo’s kitchen and help themselves to these items, including seed-cakes and ale.
What is his food/drink?
These brothers are known for their comedic arguing and arrive together at Bilbo’s door.
Who are Fili and Kili?
Before leaving the Shire, Bilbo notices this about his peaceful home that makes him uneasy about leaving.
What is that it is safe, comfortable, and unadventurous?
The trolls capture the dwarves by doing this to them one by one.
What is stuffing them into sacks?
Hobbit-holes are described as being unlike a nasty, dirty cave because they include these cozy features.
What are pantries, wardrobes, warm floors, or comfortable rooms?
Thorin explains that the dwarves' ultimate goal is to reclaim this location from the dragon Smaug.
What is the Lonely Mountain?
This talent of Gandalf’s—displayed when he arrives at Bilbo’s door and later guides the dwarves—shows why the company relies on him far beyond just his fireworks.
What is his wisdom and skill in guiding others / knowing more than he lets on?
Bilbo realizes on the road that he forgot to bring this important thing when he rushed out of the house.
What is his pocket-handkerchief?
This important discovery in the trolls’ cave gives Thorin's company new weapons for the quest.
What are the swords (including Orcrist and Glamdring)?
Thorin carries this special key, which is meant to unlock this important location that holds the treasure he seeks.
What is the key to the secret door of the Lonely Mountain?
When the dwarves begin their deep, echoing song of faraway mountains, this powerful effect comes over Bilbo, stirring a part of him he hardly knew existed.
What is awakening his desire for adventure / stirring his Tookish side?
Though the dwarves first doubt Bilbo, this defining hobbit trait explains why Gandalf believes they can be braver and more capable than they appear.
What is their hidden courage and unexpected resilience?
Bilbo tries to prove himself as a burglar by attempting to steal this object from a troll.
What is a purse?
When Bilbo and the dwarves are captured, the trolls spend most of their time arguing about this instead of eating their prisoners.
What is how to cook them / which one to eat first?
The map given to Thorin includes these mysterious symbols that can only be read under certain conditions.
What are the moon-letters?