The Hobbit, HS, Set B

5 Written Questions

1. to grind or strike the teeth (as in anger or pain)
2. soaking wet
3. friendly and kind; favoring one's health
4. to cry out like a sheep or goat
5. to shout, yell, clammor

5 Matching Questions

1. runes
2. start
3. shirk
4. bannock
5. alliances

1. a sudden, brief shock or fright
2. b thick, flat oatmeal cake cooked on a griddle
3. c alphabet used by ancient people of Europe
4. d to neglect or avoid work
5. e a union or joining of friends

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. to make speechless by shocking
   1. runes
   2. drenched
   3. plunder
   4. dumbfounded
2. a device with two long metal arms used to retrieve objects
   1. runes
   2. tongs
   3. start
   4. gnash
3. stolen goods; loot
   1. runes
   2. glimmer
   3. plunder
   4. lair
4. collection of things used for a particular activity
   1. plunder
   2. drenched
   3. paraphernalia
   4. yammer
5. causing horror or disgust
   1. gruesome
   2. ravine
   3. gnash
   4. runes

5 True/False Questions

1. subterranean → to cry out like a sheep or goat

   True        False

2. guffawing → laughing deeply

   True        False

3. glimmer → to shout, yell, clammor

   True        False

4. lair → to neglect or avoid work

   True        False

5. ravine → alphabet used by ancient people of Europe

   True        False