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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the companions spend in Lothlorien before continuing their journey?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) A month.
(c) 3 days.
(d) A fortnight.

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

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

4. What is Treebeard's motto?
(a) The good will cherish nature.
(b) Do not be hasty.
(c) Thinking takes time.
(d) Trust the small and hate the large.

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

6. Where does Gandalf advise Theoden to go before he leaves them on an urgent errand?
(a) Gondor.
(b) Helm's Deep.
(c) Minas Tirith.
(d) Isengard.

7. What did Merry do to several orcs without any of them trying to hurt him and Pippin?
(a) Cut off their hands.
(b) Praised Boramir.
(c) Threw stones at them.
(d) Insulted them.

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

9. Who was imprisoned with Saruman after Isengard was detroyed?
(a) The head Orc.
(b) A watchguard of elves.
(c) Wormtongue.
(d) A traitor Rohan Rider.

10. Who does Aragor find in Fangorn forest when they follow the tracks of Merry and Pippin?
(a) Treebeard.
(b) Gandalf the White.
(c) Merry and Pippin.
(d) Saruman the White.

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) Gives him a gift.
(d) Speaks to him in the dwarvish tongue.

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

13. How long had Frodo been unconscious when he wakes up in Rivendell?
(a) 4 months and 3 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks and 4 days.
(c) 3 days and 4 nights.
(d) 4 nights and 3 days.

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

15. What about Saruman is able to convince men to do his will?
(a) His mind.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His voice.
(d) His staff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first to offer to take the ring to be destroyed, but is refused?

2. Who destroyed Isengard?

3. What does Aragorn choose to do when he sees that Frodo and Sam have taken one of the boats?

4. What is surprising about the orcs that attacked the fellowship at the seat of Amon Lhaw?

5. What are the Dunlendings forced to do as punishment for joining the attack on Rohan?

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