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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who taught Frodo the verse that he chants as he is trying to save his friends and himself?
(a) Sam
(b) Merry
(c) Tom
(d) Pippin

2. What do Sam and Frodo hear in the distance as they cry for help for their friends?
(a) Singing
(b) Thunder
(c) Chimes
(d) Orcs

3. Where is Strider taking the Hobbits, though he takes a slightly different path than they start out taking?
(a) The Shire
(b) Gondor
(c) Minas Morgol
(d) Weathertop

4. Who questions the Hobbits about the purpose of their trip into the town?
(a) Gatekeeper
(b) No one
(c) Barkeep
(d) Police officer

5. What does Bilbo plan to see again once he is out on his journey?
(a) Mountains
(b) Rivers
(c) Women
(d) Rocks

6. The Hobbits are so absorbed in the storytelling of Tom Bombadil that they forget to ___________.
(a) Sleep
(b) Keep their secrets.
(c) Leave on time
(d) Eat

7. Frodo's new home was chosen because it can not ______________ from the road.
(a) Be seen
(b) Be turned
(c) Be recognized
(d) Be heard

8. What does Sam throw at the person who taunts them about keeping company with Strider?
(a) Apple
(b) Piece of bread
(c) Knife
(d) Book

9. What color is the dress of the woman with the long golden hair in Tom's house?
(a) Green
(b) Black
(c) Blue
(d) Gray

10. What will Gandalf be providing the Baggins' party when he comes into Hobbiton?
(a) Ale
(b) Fireworks
(c) Decorations
(d) Cake

11. Who is worried about Gandalf's lateness?
(a) Frodo
(b) Merry
(c) Aragorn
(d) Gildor

12. Which Hobbit is a great friend of the Farmer whose crops they cut through on their journey?
(a) Pippin
(b) Sam
(c) Merry
(d) Frodo

13. What does Bilbo slip on his finger in order to play a trick on the party guests?
(a) Wine
(b) The Ring
(c) Nothing
(d) A piece of string

14. Gandalf reminds Frodo he must not use ________ for any reason.
(a) Bilbo's book
(b) The Ring
(c) The sword
(d) Sam

15. When the Hobbits and Strider awake, they find the beds have been _______________, though they did not sleep in them.
(a) Slashed
(b) Burned
(c) Moved
(d) Taken

Short Answer Questions

1. Strider tells the Hobbits they will never make it to __________ on their own.

2. What do most people in Hobbiton now think has happened to Bilbo?

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

4. What do the Hobbits take with them to arm themselves against danger?

5. What do Sam and Frodo do in order to try to get the tree to release Merry and Pippin?

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