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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. Why was Gandalf not welcome any longer in King Theoden's hall, according to Eomer?
(a) He tried to forge a union between Rohan and Gondor.
(b) He offended the king.
(c) He brought nothing but bad news.
(d) He attempted to kill Grima.

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

3. What did the Black rider offer Farmer Maggot for information about Baggins?
(a) Safety.
(b) Gold.
(c) Power.
(d) Food.

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

5. What has caused the oddities of the Old forest?
(a) The strong imagination of the hobbits.
(b) The evil spirits who inhabit the trees.
(c) The spells cast on it by wizards.
(d) The Withywindle River.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Frodo see climbing the tree they are sleeping in at Lothlorien?

2. Why does Frodo choose to continue his journey alone?

3. Who does Frodo find in his room at the Prancing Pony as he stirs his fire back to life?

4. Where does Gandalf advise Theoden to go before he leaves them on an urgent errand?

5. What pulls Gandalf down into the abyss with the Balrog?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the hobbits call the men that live in Bree?

2. What strange event took place during the first night of battle at Helm's Deep that seems to make the Orc army so fearful?

3. What does Aragorn finally get to do when Elrond gives him the scepter of Gondor?

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

5. Where does the stone land that Wormtongue throws down from the high tower during the parley at Isengard?

6. How was Boramir killed?

7. What dos Denethor do out of grief for his dead sons?

8. Why is Frodo so afraid of Farmer Maggot when they approach his house in order to find a hiding place from the Black Riders?

9. What is Faramir's name for the Ring of Power?

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

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