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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. What gift does Bilbo give Frodo before Frodo sets out on his mission to destroy the Ring?
(a) An unbreakable chain to put the ring on.
(b) A finished copy of his memiors.
(c) A set of clothing that can render him invisible.
(d) A sword and a shirt of mail.

2. What does Gimli do when Eomer speaks harshly against Galadriel?
(a) Stays silent out of fear.
(b) Agrees with him wholeheartedly.
(c) Threatens Eomer with his axe.
(d) Defends her honor and her name.

3. Why does Frodo have to save Sam before he can head out alone?
(a) He is afraid to be alone.
(b) Sam is drowning.
(c) Sam is his best friend.
(d) He knows that he can trust Sam to not try to take the Ring.

4. What causes Galadriel to refuse the Ring when Frodo offers to give it to her?
(a) She has seen a vision of Frodo destroying the ring himself.
(b) She already has one of the rings, and knows she cannot control the power of two.
(c) She sees what the future would be like if she did.
(d) She fears her husband would kill her to gain the Ring for himself.

5. Who is conspicuously absent from the feast at Rivendell after Frodo wakes up?
(a) Pippen.
(b) Aragorn.
(c) Arwen.
(d) Elrond.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Gollum gain possession of the ring long ago?

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

3. What does Pippin use to cut the ropes he and Merry are bound with?

4. Who won the Orc-killing game during the battle against Rohan?

5. How much time passes between the first and second chapters of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Frodo to trust Strider after finding that he snuck in to the hobbits' private room?

2. Why do Sam and Frodo travel through the Dead Marshes to get to Mordor?

3. Who are Tinuviel and Beren from Aragorn's story?

4. What is Merry and Pippin's reaction to the news that Frodo and Sam are leaving the Shire?

5. Why does Pippin volunteer to serve Denethor when he is brought to the Stewards Hall at Minas Tirith?

6. What does the the Elven rope do to Gollum when Sam ties Gollum up with it?

7. Why are the hobbits all so excited to see Gandalf arrive for Bilbo's party?

8. What is Faramir supposed to do to Gollum when he finds Gollum catching fish by the waterfall in Ithilien?

9. Why did Saruman want Gandalf to meet him at Isengard before imprisoning him?

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

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