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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the Hobbits are sitting around the campfire, who do they realize is coming towards them in high numbers?
(a) Dark Riders
(b) Dwarves
(c) Orcs
(d) High Elves

2. Where does Gandalf go to meet Bilbo after he has disappeared?
(a) Crickhollow
(b) Rivendell
(c) Bag End
(d) Shireton

3. What do the Hobbits hear that causes them to be less jovial as they walk?
(a) Moaning wail
(b) Nothing, absolutely nothing
(c) Tiger
(d) Glass breaking

4. Who enters the room with Butterbur after there is a knock on the door of the Hobbits' room?
(a) Gandalf
(b) Nob
(c) Boromir
(d) Gimli

5. Merry has strange dreams of _____________ when he is sleeping at Tom Bombadil's house.
(a) Water
(b) Dragons
(c) Bogs
(d) Money

6. What path will the Hobbits take in order to avoid the Black Riders?
(a) Winding Road
(b) Old Forest
(c) Green Path
(d) River Bed

7. Tom's wife tells the Hobbits that she is the daughter of the _________.
(a) Sky
(b) Sun
(c) Moon
(d) River

8. Frodo believes he was born to have _____________ in his life, just like Bilbo.
(a) Journeys
(b) Adventures
(c) Peace
(d) Money

9. What does Frodo celebrate every year since the leaving of Bilbo?
(a) Gandalf's birthday
(b) Nothing
(c) Bilbo's birthday
(d) Ring Day

10. Sam advises Frodo not to take any aid from Strider because he comes from the __________.
(a) Sky
(b) Fog
(c) Wild
(d) Land

11. Who is the friend of Fatty Bolger who helps to prepare Frodo's new home for him before he arrives?
(a) Pippin
(b) Merry
(c) Sam
(d) Frodo

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

13. Who were the protectors of the Hobbits for an evening?
(a) Dwarves
(b) Men
(c) Orcs
(d) Elves

14. What do the Hobbits encounter once they have ridden over the hills and past the Downs?
(a) Balrog
(b) Stone fence
(c) Thick fog
(d) Fire

15. Who is the dark stranger asking Sam's father about as the Hobbits overhear the conversation?
(a) Bilbo
(b) Gandalf
(c) Merry
(d) The Baggins hobits

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Gandalf want to go to for advice, though something always stopped him from doing so?

2. Who is worried about Gandalf's lateness?

3. What is Frodo imprisoned in when he finally wakes up from being passed out?

4. Sam feels the reasons for him joining Frodo are more important than seeing ___________ and having adventures.

5. Strider reveals to Frodo that he heard ___________ tell his friends to call him by a different name.

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