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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. The Hobbits are so absorbed in the storytelling of Tom Bombadil that they forget to ___________.
(a) Eat
(b) Leave on time
(c) Keep their secrets.
(d) Sleep

2. Who is worried about Gandalf's lateness?
(a) Gildor
(b) Merry
(c) Frodo
(d) Aragorn

3. Who turns back on the journey at first as he has forgotten to say goodbye to Goldberry?
(a) Sam
(b) Pippin
(c) Frodo
(d) Merry

4. Frodo decides to sell Bag End to ____________ when he moves away from his home.
(a) Perrigrin Took
(b) Merry Brandybuck
(c) Sam Gamgee
(d) Sackville-Bagginses.

5. What is another name for the Wanderers about whom the Hobbits have begun to hear?
(a) Orcs
(b) Ringwraiths
(c) Rangers
(d) Wargs

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the dark stranger asking Sam's father about as the Hobbits overhear the conversation?

2. What does Frodo celebrate every year since the leaving of Bilbo?

3. What is the name of the Ranger in the back who rarely talks to anyone when he is at the Inn?

4. What do Sam, Merry, and Pippin have on their heads as Frodo turns to face them?

5. Merry and Pippin decide to lie down at the foot of a large ___________ tree when they become sleepy.

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of party is Bilbo Baggins planning at the beginning of the "Fellowship of the Ring"?

2. Why does Frodo not want to cut through Farmer Maggot's land as they are traveling to Crickhollow?

3. What does Frodo do in order to distract himself from putting on the Ring in the tavern?

4. What does Pippin reveal to Frodo that actually makes Frodo a bit upset to learn?

5. What does Frodo dream about during his first night's sleep at Crickhollow?

6. What does Frodo reply to the man at the gate of Bree when he asks about Frodo's business?

7. What is the rumor of the Elves that the Hobbits are just starting to hear about in their own town?

8. Why is Sam so insistent on joining Frodo on his journey, which is surprising to Frodo?

9. What happens to Merry and Pippin when they lay down in the forest of trees?

10. Why does Strider take the Hobbits in another direction to Weathertop as they leave Bree to continue their journey?

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