Hobbits
1. Why don’t hobbits wear shoes?
AnswerTheir feet grew leathery soles and were covered by thick brown hair.
Match each of the three branches of hobbits with their preferred region and the type of people they associated with most:
| 2. Fallohides |
a. flatlands |
d. Dwarves |
| 3. Harfoots |
b. forests |
e. Elves |
| 4. Stoors |
c. highlands |
f. Men |
Answer2. b, e
3. c, d
4. a, f
5. Which branch of hobbits grew beards?
Answer Stoors
6. Name the two bright colors hobbits prefer most.
AnswerGreen and yellow.
7. Who was the longest-lived hobbit and how long did he live?
AnswerBilbo Baggins; 131 years and 8 days.
8. Name the two tallest hobbits. Why were they so tall?
AnswerMeriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took. Because they drank ent-draughts given to them by Fangorn.
9. Who was the Stoor that found the One Ring on a riverbank at Gladden Fields?
AnswerDéagol.
10. Gollum was a Stoor Hobbit. What was his original name?
AnswerSméagol, or Trahald.