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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. Why does Aragorn decide to travel on boats down the river when they leave Lothlorien?
(a) Orcs cannot follow tracks of a boat in water.
(b) He has not decided which side of the river he wants to travel on.
(c) They can move faster in the water.
(d) He saw them traveling this way in Galadriel's mirror.

2. What pulls Gandalf down into the abyss with the Balrog?
(a) The Balrog's whip.
(b) The Balrog's claw.
(c) A menacing troll.
(d) The Balrog's chain.

3. Who is conspicuously absent from the feast at Rivendell after Frodo wakes up?
(a) Elrond.
(b) Arwen.
(c) Aragorn.
(d) Pippen.

4. What is the 'log with eyes' that Sam sees one night while traveling down the river away from Lothlorien?
(a) Protection from the elves.
(b) Orc spies.
(c) A crocadilly.
(d) Gollum.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fatty plan to do when Frodo has left the shire?

2. What does Strider say is the cost of his information when Frodo questions him in the Prancing Pony?

3. What makes the pool of Keled-zaram so unusual?

4. What does Aragorn hear while at the seat of Amon Lhaw that sends him running in the other direction?

5. What gift does Bilbo give Frodo before Frodo sets out on his mission to destroy the Ring?

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