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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Sam and Frodo choose to not enter through the main entrance to Mordor?
(a) It is too heavily guarded.
(b) They are captured.
(c) Sam falls ill and is unable to continue at the present.
(d) Frodo is not ready to give the ring back.

2. What causes Eomer to fight fiercely with no thought for his own safety?
(a) The sight of little Merry fighting bravely.
(b) The sight of Theoden and Eowyn dead.
(c) Some encouraging words from Gandalf.
(d) Heckling from an Orc leader.

3. Why does Sam not kill Gollum when he has the chance on Mount Doom?
(a) He follows after Frodo to keep him safe.
(b) He has pity on him.
(c) Gollum pretends to be dead.
(d) Gollum knocks Sam unconscious.

4. 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) A sneak and a villain.
(b) All that is wrong with the world.
(c) An image of heartless greed.
(d) A thief.

5. Who is following Sam and Frodo as they are journeying towards Mordor?
(a) A Ring Wraith.
(b) An orc spy.
(c) An evil spirit.
(d) Gollum.

6. Why are the Wildmen so willing to show Theoden their secret road to Minas Tirith?
(a) They are afraid of Theoden.
(b) Gandalf told them to.
(c) They want to prove to Rohan which side they are on.
(d) They hate the orcs.

7. Who does the leader of the band of men in Ithilien tell Frodo has been killed?
(a) Aragorn.
(b) Gandalf.
(c) Legolas.
(d) Boramir.

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

9. What gift does Butterbur give Sam on his way back to the Shire?
(a) A painting of himself and Frodo.
(b) A shiny jeweled necklace.
(c) A packet of rare flower seeds.
(d) Bill the Pony.

10. What has Faramir been ordered to do with all trespassers on Gondor soil?
(a) Escort them to the border.
(b) Blindfold them and take them to the court.
(c) Kill them.
(d) Question them intensely.

11. Where does Gandalf decide to go when they see a Nazul flying by as they are leaving Isengard?
(a) Minas Tirith.
(b) Helm's Deep.
(c) Rivendell.
(d) Mordor.

12. How does Sam restore the trees that were cut down while he was away with Frodo?
(a) He creates a task force of hobits to help him.
(b) He has Ted Sandyman do the work since he is the one who destroyed the trees in the first place.
(c) He asks Gandalf to help him with his powers.
(d) He plants new trees and places a grain of Galadriel's earth on them.

13. Why do Sam and Frodo jump into a ravine while traveling through Mordor?
(a) The Ring pulls Frodo into it.
(b) They chase after Gollum.
(c) A nazgul passes them.
(d) The eye turns in their direction.

14. What does Theoden offer the Wildmen in return for showing him the secret road to Minas Tirith?
(a) To leave the forest to the Wildmen.
(b) New of the mission of Frodo.
(c) A good word with Gandalf.
(d) Half of the spoils of the battle.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Eomer return to Minas Tirith after the battle at Mordor?

3. What does Pippin see chasing Faramir towards Minas Tirith after he has been outfitted as a knight of Gondor?

4. Who is the leader of the band of men who apprehend Sam and Frodo by their campfire in Ithilien?

5. How does Sam get through the tower of Cirith Ungol despite the efforts to stop him?

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