The Fellowship of the Ring Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 104 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Fellowship of the Ring Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 104 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the friend of Fatty Bolger who helps to prepare Frodo's new home for him before he arrives?

2. What news alarms the Elves so much that they decide to stay with Frodo and the others?

3. What do the Hobbits encounter once they have ridden over the hills and past the Downs?

4. Who turns back on the journey at first as he has forgotten to say goodbye to Goldberry?

5. What does the man call the tree that is holding Merry and Pippin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Merry and Pippin when they lay down in the forest of trees?

2. What does Butterbur give to the Hobbits when they are at the Inn?

3. What happens when Pippin yells at the trees to let them through on their journey?

4. When does Frodo tell Gandalf he will leave the Shire and his Hobbit life?

5. Who is in Frodo's house when they arrive during the night?

6. Why does Strider take the Hobbits in another direction to Weathertop as they leave Bree to continue their journey?

7. Who knew about Bilbo's magic trick before he did it in front of the guests at the party he throws?

8. Describe what Sam, Merry, and Pippin look like in the Barrows-Wight cave?

9. What does Frodo do in order to distract himself from putting on the Ring in the tavern?

10. What does Frodo regret as he comes upon his 50th birthday, the same age Bilbo was when Bilbo left for a great adventure?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of points in which the characters sing or relate poems to each other, which makes the story sound very much out of place in today's world.

Part 1: Why do you think Tolkien decided to use so much poetry and song?

Part 2: What does the use of poetry and song by some characters say about their personalities?

Part 3: Would the story have been different had the poetry and song not been included? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

When Frodo offers the ring to Galadriel, she is tempted to take it, but resists.

Part 1: Why do you think Frodo offered the ring to Galadriel?

Part 2: Why would Galadriel have wanted to take the ring for herself?

Part 3: Why does Galadriel finally resist the ring? What might have happened had she not resisted?

Essay Topic 3

At one point during the book, readers are reminded that all things pass and change. The world is always going to move into new eras.

Part 1: Why is the world always going to change?

Part 2: What makes this story's progress of time so much more important to the characters? Or is it not as important?

Part 3: How does change of an era change the people who are living in the era?

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