"The Mountain Smoked Beneath the Moon"
1. What did the Goblins do when they came to meet the Wargs and saw Wargs and forest on fire and Thorin’s Company in the trees?
AnswerThey set fire to the area around the trees that the Dwarves, Bilbo, and Gandalf were in.
2. Beorn, the skin-changer, didn’t take kindly to strangers. How did Gandalf get him to accept their company of fifteen?
Answer He told Beorn the story of their escape from the Wargs as the Dwarves showed up two at a time. (Bilbo was first with Gandalf.)
3. Beorn warned them of two things they must not do while in Mirkwood Forest. What were they?
AnswerNot to drink of or bathe in the stream running through Mirkwood, and never to stray from the path.
4. The days in Mirkwood Forest were dark and dreary but the nights were worse because of what they saw. What did they see at night?
AnswerEyes, pairs of yellow, red, green, or bulbous eyes.
5. The moon-letters on Thorin’s map tell how to find the key-hole to the secret entrance to Lonely Mountain. How?
Answer"Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks and the setting sun with the last light of Durin's Day will shine upon the keyhole."
6. Who was it that first noticed these moon-letters?
AnswerElrond.
7. How did Bard know where to shoot the arrow that killed Smaug?
AnswerA thrush had heard Bilbo telling the Dwarves of the small spot underneath where Smaug was unprotected, and he flew and told Bard.
8. How much of a share of the dragon-hoard was claimed by Bard, as dragon-slayer and heir of Dale?
AnswerOne-twelfth.
9. What was it that Bilbo gave Bard so that he might be able to bargain with Thorin?
AnswerThe Arkenstone.
10. What happened that caused the battle between the Dwarves, and the Elves and Men to be halted before it started?
AnswerA horde of Goblins and Wargs attacked them so they joined forces.