Hobbit+Ch+16-17

Hobbit 16-17

Chapter Sixteen-- A Thief in the Night
 * 1) What does Thorin vow to do to anyone who withholds the Arkenstone?
 * 2) Who was the "thief in the night"?
 * 3) How was Bilbo able to escape?
 * 4) Why did Bilbo give the Arkenstone to the Bard?
 * 5) Who delights Bilbo with his presence just as the hobbit is preparing to depart the camp for his return to the Mountain?

Chapter Seventeen-- The Clouds Burst


 * 1) How does Bilbo defend himself against Thorin's accusation that he has stolen the Arkenstone?
 * 2) Why were Dain's people refused entry to the Mountain?
 * 3) Why did the dwarf attack against the Bard and the Elvenking end as quickly as it had begun?
 * 4) What role does the hobbit play in this fierce battle?
 * 5) What is the "gleam in the gloom" and how does it turn the tide of the battle?
 * 6) What happens to Bilbo at the end of this chapter?