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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Chapter 5 | Book 3, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Sam see in Galadriel's mirror that makes him beg to return to the Shire?
(a) The Black Nights killing his father.
(b) Ted Sandyman cutting down all the trees in the Shire.
(c) Rosy getting married to Fatty.
(d) A pile of burnt rubble where his town used to be.

4. What is Frodo's greatest hope, according to the White wizard?
(a) The Ring is losing its power.
(b) Sauran has emtpied Mordor to attack Minas Tirith.
(c) Frodo is so small that he will not fall in the path of the great eye.
(d) Sauran thinks Frodo is with Aragorn.

5. What does Aragorn choose to do when he sees that Frodo and Sam have taken one of the boats?
(a) Try to catch up with them.
(b) Send half the party after Merry and Pippen, and the other half after Frodo.
(c) Ask the Lorien elves for advice.
(d) Find and rescue Merry and Pippen.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Tom symbolic of?

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

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