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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes off to cool his feet in the river, nearly drowning when he is pulled in by a root?
(a) Sam
(b) Frodo
(c) Merry
(d) Pippin

2. When the Hobbits and Strider awake, they find the beds have been _______________, though they did not sleep in them.
(a) Slashed
(b) Taken
(c) Moved
(d) Burned

3. What does Sam throw at the person who taunts them about keeping company with Strider?
(a) Knife
(b) Book
(c) Piece of bread
(d) Apple

4. What do Sam and Frodo do in order to try to get the tree to release Merry and Pippin?
(a) Light a fire
(b) Sing
(c) Dance
(d) Use their swords

5. Who yells at the trees to let the group through as they are traveling?
(a) Frodo
(b) Merry
(c) Pippin
(d) Sam

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the travelers heads back to Crickhollow with the pony, not continuing on the journey?

2. Gandalf tries to keep the orcs back with spells and incantations, but a ________________ stops him.

3. The group begins to realize that the __________ is being chosen for them, so they follow it.

4. The book Gandalf reads from relates the history of the fall of the Dwarves to the __________.

5. What do Sam and Frodo hear in the distance as they cry for help for their friends?

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