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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Frodo see climbing the tree they are sleeping in at Lothlorien?
(a) Orcs.
(b) A mysterious elf.
(c) A Balrog.
(d) Gollum.

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

4. What is so valuable about the cloaks that the elves give the companions as they leave Lothlorien?
(a) They can blend into the background.
(b) They will grow or shrink to fit the person wearing them.
(c) They will never tear.
(d) They will never be cold while wearing them.

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

6. What does Frodo do when he sees his friends in danger in the Barrow?
(a) He uses the elven sword to fight for them.
(b) He is paralyzed in fear and passes out.
(c) He sings a call for Tom.
(d) He runs around blindly trying to save them.

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

8. What has caused the oddities of the Old forest?
(a) The spells cast on it by wizards.
(b) The Withywindle River.
(c) The strong imagination of the hobbits.
(d) The evil spirits who inhabit the trees.

9. How does Frodo escape when Boramir tries to steal the Ring from him?
(a) He promises to give it to Boramir when they reach Mordor.
(b) He begins to cry, and Boramir feels instant remorse.
(c) He runs and hides with his elven cloak.
(d) He puts on the ring and vanishes from sight.

10. 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) Find and rescue Merry and Pippen.
(c) Send half the party after Merry and Pippen, and the other half after Frodo.
(d) Ask the Lorien elves for advice.

11. What does Galadriel do when she meets Gimli that makes him so happy?
(a) Speaks to the party of all the greatness of the dwarves.
(b) Sings a tribute for Balin.
(c) Speaks to him in the dwarvish tongue.
(d) Gives him a gift.

12. Who won the Orc-killing game during the battle against Rohan?
(a) Legolas.
(b) Gimli.
(c) Aragorn.
(d) Theoden.

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

14. Why does Frodo have to save Sam before he can head out alone?
(a) Sam is drowning.
(b) Sam is his best friend.
(c) He is afraid to be alone.
(d) He knows that he can trust Sam to not try to take the Ring.

15. What is found on the ground during the fellowship's journey that lets them know that Merry and Pippen are still alive?
(a) A piece of their clothing.
(b) Footprints.
(c) A brooch from their elven cloaks.
(d) A pile of kambas bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is conspicuously absent from the feast at Rivendell after Frodo wakes up?

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

3. What does Sam see in Galadriel's mirror that makes him beg to return to the Shire?

4. What mysterious force are the orcs using to make holes in the walls of the fortress?

5. What did Merry do to several orcs without any of them trying to hurt him and Pippin?

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