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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has 'imprisoned' Eowyn and Faramir in the House of Healing during the battle at Mordor?
(a) Gandalf and Aragorn.
(b) Eomer.
(c) The medical staff.
(d) Merry and Pippin.

2. What is on the head of the statue of a king that Frodo and Sam see as they journey to the less traveled path to Mordor?
(a) A warning to all who pass.
(b) A written message from Gandalf.
(c) A rare form of moss.
(d) A crown of flowers.

3. What does Aragorn use to heal Merry and Eowyn?
(a) An Elven herb.
(b) Garlic.
(c) Soil and water.
(d) Athelas.

4. Why does Gollum refuse to eat the rabbits that Sam prepares?
(a) He never eats in front of people.
(b) He fears that Sam will poison him.
(c) He only eats raw meat.
(d) He hates herbs from the shire.

5. What do Frodo and Sam just barely escape the notice of on the bridge to Minas Morgul.
(a) Faramir's men.
(b) A troop of Mordor men on Oliphants.
(c) A ringwraithe and an army of orcs.
(d) A host of evil ghosts returning to Mordor.

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

7. What is so overpowering when Frodo and Sam enter Shelob's lair?
(a) The smell.
(b) The cold.
(c) The moisture.
(d) The darkness.

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

9. What is Gimli so ashamed of as he travels with Aragorn on his secret mission?
(a) He is afraid.
(b) He is the only dwarf.
(c) He does not agree with this decision of Aragorn's.
(d) He is the smallest person in the party.

10. What does Sam hear in the bushes after he cooks the two rabbits?
(a) An imitated bird-call.
(b) Gollum arguing with Smeagol.
(c) The forest burning.
(d) Frodo crying.

11. Who does Pippin help carry to the House of Healing after the battle at Minas Tirith?
(a) Faramir.
(b) Merry.
(c) Bergil.
(d) Eowyn.

12. What is every man in Bree carrying when the hobbits pass through on their way back to the Shire?
(a) Swords.
(b) Bottles of ale.
(c) Pipeweed.
(d) Clubs.

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

14. 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) Lonely without Pippin.
(c) A true companion.
(d) Strangely confident.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do Sam and Frodo jump into a ravine while traveling through Mordor?

3. Why are the Wildmen so willing to show Theoden their secret road to Minas Tirith?

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

5. What scares Theoden's horse and causes it to buck during the battle at Minas Tirith?

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