
The Hobbit - Chapter 11
Authored by Joe Solomon
English
6th - 12th Grade
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This quiz focuses on Chapter 11 of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," covering the expedition's arrival at the Lonely Mountain and the discovery of the secret door. Designed for middle school students in grades 6-8, the questions assess reading comprehension, attention to detail, and ability to recall specific plot events and character actions. Students need strong literal comprehension skills to track the sequence of events as the company makes three camps, scouts the area around the mountain, and ultimately discovers how to open the secret door using Durin's Day and the thrush's knocking. The quiz requires students to distinguish between similar details, understand cause-and-effect relationships in the narrative, and remember specific names of places, characters, and objects that are crucial to this pivotal chapter in the story. Created by Joe Solomon, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 6-12. This chapter-specific quiz serves as an excellent tool for checking student comprehension after reading assignments, ensuring that students have absorbed the key plot developments that set up the climactic encounters with Smaug. Teachers can use this as a formative assessment to gauge whether students are ready to move forward in the novel, or as a review activity before discussing the chapter's significance to the overall quest narrative. The quiz works well for homework assignments, reading check quizzes, or as part of a larger unit assessment on "The Hobbit." This assessment aligns with Common Core standards RL.6.1, RL.7.1, and RL.8.1, which require students to cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly, demonstrating their ability to comprehend literary texts at grade-appropriate complexity levels.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
On the western side of the great southern spur of the mountain, their was a great height called ________________. This is where the party made their first camp.
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CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Why won’t the men of Lake-Town stay with the dwarves?
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RL.6.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Where does the expedition make each of their three camps?
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
What causes the door to appear?
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RI.7.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Why do the spirits of the dwarves start to fall?
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.1
CCSS.RL.6.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What causes Bilbo to remember the riddle to enter the passage?
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When Bilbo, Balin, Fili and Kili went out to scout the South where the Front Gate stood, they were able to see the ruins of what town?
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.1
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