The Hobbit Chapter 4

What interaction did Thorin and company have with the stone giants?

• They saw the stone giants fighting far off down the valley
• They almost got killed by them
• Some of the dwarves rode on the legs of the stone giants
• They almost got crushed by rocks the giants were throwing

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How did the goblins capture Bilbo and the dwarves?

• There was a trap door in the floor of the cave
• They followed them into the cave and drug them out the front entrance
• There were no goblins that came
• A crack in the back of the cave opened into a secret doorway

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Who did the goblins NOT catch in the cave?

• Bilbo
• Thorin
• Gandalf
• Kili and Fili

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Make an inference as to what happened to the ponies

• They got scared by the goblins and ran home to the elves
• They ran out of the cave and are roaming free in the mountains
• The goblins kept them to ride them
• The goblins ate them

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What name did the goblins give to Thorin's sword? Instead of "Goblin Cleaver" they called it: 

• Chopper
• Slicer
• Biter
• Stabber

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Who killed the great goblin king?

• Thorin killed him on a bridge right before they escaped
• Gandalf killed him in the dark
• Bilbo killed him with his sword, Sting
• Oin and Gloin thumped him on the head with a war hammer.

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What did the goblins call Gandalf's sword? Instead of "Foehammer," they called it: 

• Sledgehammer
• Goblin Poker
• Cutter
• Beater

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What happened to Bilbo at the very end of the chapter?

• He was the only one that survived
• He got knocked out when he hit is head on a rock
• He killed a few goblins and got away
• He woke up, and it was all a dream

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Why does the expedition take shelter in the cave?

• It's cold and snowing and they are trying not to freeze.
• It's very hot and the cave provides cool shade.
• It's storming and giants are throwing rocks.
• There is a bad storm and the lightning could cause an avalanche.

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Why isn't Gandalf captured?

• He hides behind some rocks in the cave.
• He uses magic to kill the goblins around him and disappears.
• He runs out of the cave and hides before the goblins see him.
• He is too big for the goblins to restrain.

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