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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 11 | Book 1, Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Gandalf arrange for Bilbo to travel with after his big birthday party?
(a) A brown Wizard.
(b) A warm hearted ranger.
(c) A camp of elves.
(d) 3 Dwarves.

2. What did the Black rider offer Farmer Maggot for information about Baggins?
(a) Food.
(b) Safety.
(c) Power.
(d) Gold.

3. What is so different about the Old forest?
(a) The trees are alive and aware of who enters.
(b) The trees house evil spirits.
(c) The trees talk to the people who journey through it.
(d) The trees are all dead.

4. What reaction does Strider have to Frodo's accidental disappearance that is suspicious to Sam?
(a) He tries to take the ring by force.
(b) He knows Frodo's name.
(c) He is not at all surprised.
(d) He seems angry.

5. How did Gollum gain possession of the ring long ago?
(a) It was given to him by a strange family friend.
(b) He found it in the road one day.
(c) He stole it from Isildur.
(d) He killed his friend to gain possession of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frodo do when he sees his friends in danger in the Barrow?

2. What does Barliman give Frodo that he was supposed to have received months earlier?

3. What is Tom symbolic of?

4. What do the hobbits wake to after taking a nap in the Burrow Downs?

5. How much time passes between the first and second chapters of the book?

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