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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Faramir say when he hears of the route Frodo plans to take to get to Mordor?
(a) That he has never heard of it.
(b) That he agrees that it is the safest route.
(c) That there are many unknown terrors along that route.
(d) That Frodo should choose any other route.

2. Where does the army decide to go after the battle of Minas Tirith?
(a) Isengard.
(b) The Black Gates of Mordor.
(c) Rivendell.
(d) Helm's Deep.

3. What does Denethor claim that he has seen Gandalf doing in his seeing stone during the battle at Minas Tirith?
(a) Carrying the Ring of Power.
(b) Allow good people to die for a hopeless cause.
(c) Setting himself up to be the King of Gondor.
(d) Keeping ties with Sauran.

4. What has Faramir been ordered to do with all trespassers on Gondor soil?
(a) Escort them to the border.
(b) Question them intensely.
(c) Kill them.
(d) Blindfold them and take them to the court.

5. Why are the Wildmen so willing to show Theoden their secret road to Minas Tirith?
(a) They want to prove to Rohan which side they are on.
(b) Gandalf told them to.
(c) They hate the orcs.
(d) They are afraid of Theoden.

6. What does Pippin see chasing Faramir towards Minas Tirith after he has been outfitted as a knight of Gondor?
(a) A host of Orc warriors.
(b) A great eagle.
(c) A nazgul.
(d) Denethor in a crazed state.

7. What is every man in Bree carrying when the hobbits pass through on their way back to the Shire?
(a) Bottles of ale.
(b) Clubs.
(c) Swords.
(d) Pipeweed.

8. What do Gimli and Legolas discuss as they walk through Minas Tirith after the battle?
(a) How unexpected their friendship is.
(b) How unexpected their vicotry was.
(c) How much better the dwarves and elves could have made it.
(d) How they are confused about the lack of news from Frodo.

9. Who tells Gandalf what Denethor is doing during the battle at Minas Tirith?
(a) Belin.
(b) Merry.
(c) Beregond.
(d) Pippin.

10. What does Sam call Gollum when he wakes up at the top of the stairs that rids Gollum of all the good feelings he had?
(a) A thief.
(b) An image of heartless greed.
(c) All that is wrong with the world.
(d) A sneak and a villain.

11. What is the name of the person who is in control of the Shire when Frodo returns there at the end of the book?
(a) Sharkey.
(b) Shallow.
(c) Shrinking.
(d) Shipman.

12. What does Merry feel like as he rides with Legolas and Gimli towards Helm's Deep after the parley at Isengard?
(a) Strangely confident.
(b) Little more than baggage.
(c) A true companion.
(d) Lonely without Pippin.

13. Who officially gives Aragorn the keys to the city of Minas Tirith?
(a) Gandalf.
(b) Ithilien.
(c) Faramir.
(d) A guard of Gondor soldiers.

14. Who has 'imprisoned' Eowyn and Faramir in the House of Healing during the battle at Mordor?
(a) Gandalf and Aragorn.
(b) The medical staff.
(c) Eomer.
(d) Merry and Pippin.

15. Where do Sam and Frodo sleep after their exhausting climb down an almost sheer rock-face?
(a) A cave.
(b) Under a tree.
(c) The open ground.
(d) In a tent provided by the elves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Butterbur give Sam on his way back to the Shire?

2. Why does Faramir not take the Ring when he finds out what it is?

3. What does Frodo request from the men as they are escorted away from the waterfall?

4. What does Sam hear the Orcs say when he is in Cirith Ungol?

5. How long is an ell?

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