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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Barliman give Frodo that he was supposed to have received months earlier?
(a) A pint of mead from Moria.
(b) A letter from Gandalf.
(c) Some weapons from the elves.
(d) Instructions from Bilbo.

3. What does Frodo see crawling to his friends when he awakes in the burrow?
(a) An old hag.
(b) An angry tree root.
(c) Tom.
(d) An arm.

4. How does Merry respond when he hears of what the other hobbits have experienced before meeting him?
(a) He is excited to show his bravery during the next trial they will face.
(b) He is afraid that there may be more danger involved now that he has joined them.
(c) He is happy to have avoided harm.
(d) He is disappointed about missing the action.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift from Theoden does Gandalf gladly accept?

2. What does Frodo do when he sees his friends in danger in the Barrow?

3. What does Aragorn hear while at the seat of Amon Lhaw that sends him running in the other direction?

4. What sends 3 of the 5 Black Riders away as Frodo and Glorfindel are rushing to Rivendell?

5. Who willingly rides in Legolas's boat as the companions travel away from Lothlorien?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the name of the leader of the Eagles?

2. What is the name of the entrance to Mordor that Gollum leads Sam and Frodo to?

3. What is Eomer's initial reaction to Aragorn?

4. How does Sam get past the Silent Watchers in Cirith Ungol?

5. What is the crown of the beheaded king's statue made of?

6. How do Frodo and Sam find out that Gollum is probably following them through Mordor as they journey towards Mount Doom?

7. What is the last thing that Frodo sees in Galadriel's mirror?

8. What is the prophecy about the Nazgul King that makes him think he is invincible?

9. How old are the Ents, according to TreeBeard?

10. Who owns the land of Ithilien when Sam and Frodo are traveling through it on their way to the other entrance into Mordor?

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