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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 1 | Book 3, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Merry respond when he hears of what the other hobbits have experienced before meeting him?
(a) He is afraid that there may be more danger involved now that he has joined them.
(b) He is happy to have avoided harm.
(c) He is excited to show his bravery during the next trial they will face.
(d) He is disappointed about missing the action.

2. As they are forming the fellowship, what does Gandalf say will often suceed when bravery will not?
(a) Pride.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Pressure.
(d) Love.

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

4. What sends 3 of the 5 Black Riders away as Frodo and Glorfindel are rushing to Rivendell?
(a) The river.
(b) An elven spell.
(c) Aragorn.
(d) A dragon.

5. Who does Gandalf give the history of Balin to for safekeeping?
(a) Legolas.
(b) Aragorn.
(c) Elrond.
(d) Gimli.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frodo see crawling to his friends when he awakes in the burrow?

2. Why does Aragorn decide to travel on boats down the river when they leave Lothlorien?

3. What does Frodo find that the elves left for him the first morning of his journey with the ring? ?

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

5. What are the last words written in the history book that Gandalf finds in the tomb of Balin?

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