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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the men of Gondor worried when Gandalf rides past them with Pippin on his way to Minas Tirith?
(a) Gandalf is the bearer of bad news.
(b) They see the worried expression on his face and the fast pace of his horse.
(c) They thought Gandalf was dead.
(d) They think he is Saruman because of his white robes.

2. Who does Pippin share his room with during his stay at Minas Tirith?
(a) Beregond.
(b) Gandalf.
(c) Bergil.
(d) Denethor.

3. How do Sam and Frodo get through Mordor undetected?
(a) They don the armor of dead orcs.
(b) They use their Elven cloaks.
(c) They trade off wearing the Ring.
(d) They crawl on the ground.

4. Where do Sam and Frodo sleep after their exhausting climb down an almost sheer rock-face?
(a) In a tent provided by the elves.
(b) A cave.
(c) Under a tree.
(d) The open ground.

5. Who tells Gandalf what Denethor is doing during the battle at Minas Tirith?
(a) Merry.
(b) Beregond.
(c) Pippin.
(d) Belin.

6. What happens when Sam and Frodo are forced to travel on the road through Mordor again?
(a) They travel with all the other orcs.
(b) They are trained for battle.
(c) They are pushed into the ravine.
(d) They are mocked for being such small orcs.

7. What do Sam and Frodo hear some orcs talking about as they travel through Mordor in the ravine?
(a) The escape of the hobbits.
(b) How Gollum escaped from them.
(c) The death of the Nazgul king.
(d) The might of Aragorn.

8. What do Frodo and Sam find at the exit of Shelob's lair?
(a) Shelob waiting to attack.
(b) A giant web.
(c) A dead Orc.
(d) A giant rock rolled in the way.

9. What does Sam call Gollum when he wakes up at the top of the stairs that rids Gollum of all the good feelings he had?
(a) An image of heartless greed.
(b) All that is wrong with the world.
(c) A thief.
(d) A sneak and a villain.

10. What does Dernhelm do as Theoden's army gets closer to the battle at Minas Tirith?
(a) Gets closer to Theoden.
(b) Recites memorized prayer over and over.
(c) Encourages the other men to never lose faith.
(d) Moves to the back of the line and runs away.

11. What do Sam and Frodo have to travel through to get to Mordor?
(a) The Crippling Caves.
(b) The Dead Marshes.
(c) The Murky Depths.
(d) The Fanghorn Forest.

12. What ties Gollum so strongly to Frodo while he has the Ring?
(a) Gollum has an intense sense of loyalty.
(b) Gollum lost the Ring once and will not let it out of his sight again.
(c) Frodo and Gollum are made brothers by the suffering the Ring causes.
(d) Gollum swore an oath on the ring.

13. What does Merry feel like as he rides with Legolas and Gimli towards Helm's Deep after the parley at Isengard?
(a) Little more than baggage.
(b) A true companion.
(c) Strangely confident.
(d) Lonely without Pippin.

14. Who stops Sam as he tries to enter the Tower of Cirith Ungol?
(a) The Silent Watchers.
(b) Gollum.
(c) Shelob.
(d) Some Orcs.

15. What happen to Pppin when he looks into the Seeing Stone from Orthnac?
(a) He sees Sauran's plan.
(b) He is stricken blind.
(c) He cries out in pain.
(d) He falls down dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who officially gives Aragorn the keys to the city of Minas Tirith?

2. What passes by Sam and Frodo as they are travellng to Mordor that causes them to hide by a bush?

3. What is so overpowering when Frodo and Sam enter Shelob's lair?

4. What is Denethor trying to do that Gandalf is determined to stop during the battle at Minas Tirith?

5. What gift does Butterbur give Sam on his way back to the Shire?

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