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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Gandalf late to see Frodo on his journey?
(a) He was angry at Frodo for his lack of response to a letter.
(b) He had other pressing matters to attend to.
(c) He was held captive.
(d) He simply forgot the details of his promise.

2. What happens when Tom puts on the Ring?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He vanishes.
(c) He screams out in pain because it burns him.
(d) He runs away with it laughing.

3. What reaction does Strider have to Frodo's accidental disappearance that is suspicious to Sam?
(a) He tries to take the ring by force.
(b) He is not at all surprised.
(c) He seems angry.
(d) He knows Frodo's name.

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

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

6. What does Gimli promise to do for Legolas as they ride through the forest towards Isengard?
(a) Share the spoils of the next victory.
(b) Take him on a tour of his home caves.
(c) Die by his side in battle if necessary.
(d) Be a life-long friend.

7. How does Merry respond when he hears of what the other hobbits have experienced before meeting him?
(a) He is disappointed about missing the action.
(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 afraid that there may be more danger involved now that he has joined them.

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

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

10. Where does Frodo decide to go with the ring after being hounded by Gandalf to leave the Shire?
(a) Lorien with the Sorcerers.
(b) Rivendell with the Elves.
(c) Moria with the Dwarves.
(d) Rohan with the Horsemen.

11. What mysterious force are the orcs using to make holes in the walls of the fortress?
(a) Blasting fire.
(b) Spells of Saruman.
(c) Spring loaded weapons.
(d) Catapults.

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

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

14. How long does the Entmoot last before they decide to attack Isengard?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 3 hours.

15. Why are the hobbits not able to leave Tom's house the morning after Tom finds and takes them in?
(a) They have run out of food.
(b) It is raining too hard for them to leave.
(c) Merry is still suffering from the injury he received from the Willow.
(d) Sam is very sick after sampling some of Goldberry's wine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Boramir come to Rivendell to find out about the ring?

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

4. How is Gandalf allowed to keep his staff when entering Theodyn's hall?

5. What is Tom symbolic of?

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