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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 3 | Book 2, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Bilbo turning at his big birthday party at the beginning of the book?
(a) 111.
(b) 150.
(c) 90.
(d) 200.

2. What do the Black Riders look like when Frodo is wearing the Ring?
(a) Tall, ghostly, shimmering kings.
(b) Rotten, shriveling corpses.
(c) Full of worms and spiders.
(d) Black and inky.

3. Why are the hobbits not able to leave Tom's house the morning after Tom finds and takes them in?
(a) They have run out of food.
(b) It is raining too hard for them to leave.
(c) Sam is very sick after sampling some of Goldberry's wine.
(d) Merry is still suffering from the injury he received from the Willow.

4. How much time passes between the first and second chapters of the book?
(a) 7 Years.
(b) 7 Months.
(c) 17 Years.
(d) 7 Days.

5. What news does Legolas share during the council of the ring that is upsetting to Gandalf?
(a) Gollum has escaped.
(b) The elves will have nothing to do with the evil ring and its fate.
(c) A Ringwraith has been spotted near Rivendell.
(d) Sauron knows where the ring is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Black rider offer Farmer Maggot for information about Baggins?

2. What has caused the oddities of the Old forest?

3. What does Aragorn find in Weathertop that lets him know that Gandalf was there recently?

4. How long had Frodo been unconscious when he wakes up in Rivendell?

5. Why did Boramir come to Rivendell to find out about the ring?

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