The Hobbit
Study Guide Chapters 1 - 4 Name:
Chapter 1 “The Unexpected Party”
1. What race is Bilbo?
2. Describe this race:
3. Where does Bilbo live (use the exact name)?
4. What was Bilbo’s father’s full name?
5. What was Bilbo’s mother’s full name?
6. Who was Bilbo’s first visitor?
7. Describe this person’s characteristics:
8. What is this person’s occupation?
9. A company is “expected” at Bilbo’s home. What race are these visitors?
10. Name and describe each visitor, in order, with his hood color:
11. Who is the “leader” of this company?
12. What did this group wish to employ Bilbo as?
13. What did Bilbo prefer to call it?
14. What is unique about Bilbo’s ancestor, Bullroarer Took?
15. What is the Company’s final destination?
16. Who now lives in this place?
17. Who was Thrain?
18. What was his title?
Chapter 2 “Roast Mutton”
19. What are the terms of Bilbo’s contract?
20. What is Bilbo’s first job-related task?
21. What race captures Bilbo and Company first?
22. How many are there, and what are their names?
23. How does Bilbo know that these people are trolls?
24. How is Bilbo caught?
25. Who saves the company? How does he do it?
26. What happens to the trolls?
27. What does Bilbo and company take from the hoard?
Define the following terms (use context clues; page numbers are approximate):
28. esteemed (pg 41)
29. paraphernalia (pg 42)
30. applicable (pg 48)
31. mincing (pg 52)
32. replenishing (pg 54)
33. provisions (pg 54)
Chapter 3 “A Short Rest”
34. Why is Rivendell so hard to find?
35. What race of folk live here?
36. Who leads this group of people?
37. What is this refuge called? Where is it located, exactly?
38. What is the history of Orcrist and Glamdring?
39. What are “Moon Letters?”
40. When is Durin’s Day and what does it celebrate?
Define the following terms (use context clues; page numbers are approximate):
41. drear (pg 55)
42. glade (pg 57)
43. faggot [old English] (pg 58)
44. palpitating (pg 60)
45. cleave (pg 61)
46. vexed (pg 62)
Chapter 4 “Over Hill and Under Hill”
47. Why does the expedition take shelter in the cave?
48. Who captures the company?
49. How do they overcome the group so easily?
50. Why isn’t Gandalf captured?
51. Who is the leader of the captors?
52. What do these captors usually do with their captives?
53. Who kills the leader of these “bad guys?”
54. How does this person save Bilbo and the dwarves?
55. Who carries Bilbo through the tunnels?
56. Why doesn’t Bilbo know where the rest of the company is?
Define the following terms (use context clues; page numbers are approximate):
57. deception (pg 64)
58. shirk (pg 69)
59. quaff (pg 69)
60. inconveniencing (pg 71)
61. gnash (pg 71)
62. scurrying (pg 74)