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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. What does Aragorn find in Weathertop that lets him know that Gandalf was there recently?
(a) A note scratched on a rock.
(b) Some foot prints.
(c) A strip from Gandalf's robe,
(d) The remains of a campfire.

2. What attacks the fellowship the night before they plan to head to Moria?
(a) Orcs.
(b) Dwarves.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Wolves.

3. Why are the hobbits not able to leave as early as they had planned the morning after their stay at the Prancing Pony?
(a) They are trying to hide from Bill Ferny.
(b) Pippen is hungover from drinking.
(c) Merry is still unconscious from his run-in with a Black Rider.
(d) Their ponies have been stolen.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Merry respond when he hears of what the other hobbits have experienced before meeting him?

2. Who does Gandalf give the history of Balin to for safekeeping?

3. How many doors are there for Gandalf to choose from when he becomes stumped while traveling through Moria?

4. Who is the first to offer to take the ring to be destroyed, but is refused?

5. What do the elves do to protect the hobbits when they find them wandering in the woods?

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