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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Frodo find in his room at the Prancing Pony as he stirs his fire back to life?
(a) A Dark Rider.
(b) Strider.
(c) Gandalf.
(d) Bilbo.

2. Why did Boramir come to Rivendell to find out about the ring?
(a) He is estranged from his father, and ran there for sanctuary.
(b) He and his brother had a dream about the sword of Isildur.
(c) His kingdom is failing, and he needs power.
(d) He wants to prove his valor as a future king of Gondor.

3. What gift does Bilbo give Frodo before Frodo sets out on his mission to destroy the Ring?
(a) A finished copy of his memiors.
(b) An unbreakable chain to put the ring on.
(c) A sword and a shirt of mail.
(d) A set of clothing that can render him invisible.

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. How old was Bilbo turning at his big birthday party at the beginning of the book?
(a) 200.
(b) 111.
(c) 150.
(d) 90.

9. 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) He saw them traveling this way in Galadriel's mirror.
(d) They can move faster in the water.

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

11. What do the elves do to protect the hobbits when they find them wandering in the woods?
(a) They show the hobbits a hall made of trees.
(b) They cast an enchantment of safety over them.
(c) They offer an escort to get them to their destination.
(d) They give them weapons to fight the dark riders with.

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

13. What did the Black rider offer Farmer Maggot for information about Baggins?
(a) Gold.
(b) Power.
(c) Food.
(d) Safety.

14. How does Treebeard describe Saruman when he takes Merry and Pippin to his home?
(a) He was once a gracious man.
(b) He is a man poisoned by greed and blind to evil.
(c) He is the enemy of nature.
(d) He has a mind of metal and wheels.

15. 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) Their ponies have been stolen.
(c) Pippen is hungover from drinking.
(d) Merry is still unconscious from his run-in with a Black Rider.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the knife that stabbed Frodo when Aragorn picks it up?

2. What happens when Tom puts on the Ring?

3. Why does Frodo have to save Sam before he can head out alone?

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

5. What is the 'log with eyes' that Sam sees one night while traveling down the river away from Lothlorien?

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