"Well, Now We’re Off at Last!"
1. What day did Frodo choose for leaving the Shire?
AnswerHis fiftieth birthday.
2. Frodo needed some sort of destination for his journey. Where did Gandalf advise him to go?
AnswerTo Rivendell.
3. Who did Frodo sell Bag End to?
AnswerLobelia Sacksville-Baggins.
4. Where did Frodo tell everyone in the Shire that he was going?
AnswerTo live in Buckland among his Brandybuck relations.
5. Just before Frodo left Bag End a stranger stopped to ask Ham Gamgee about Frodo. Who was the stranger?
AnswerA Black Rider.
6. In the Woody End, a Black Rider was crawling toward Frodo, Sam, and Pippin when he was startled away by singing. Who was singing?
AnswerA band of Elves including Gildor Inglorion.
7. Why was Frodo afraid of Farmer Maggot?
AnswerWhen Frodo was a lad he was caught stealing Farmer Maggot's mushrooms. Farmer Maggot told his dogs that the next time they saw Frodo they could eat him and then the dogs chased Frodo all the way to the Ferry.
8. Buckland was originally unprotected on the east. What did the Bucklanders build there and what was its name?
AnswerA thick, tall hedge; the High Hay.
9. In Old Forest, Merry and Pippin fell asleep with their backs to an old willow tree. What did the tree do to them?
AnswerPippin was swallowed up through a crack in the tree and was trapped inside. Merry was trapped in a crack with his legs outside and the rest of him inside the tree.
10. How did Sam propose to rescue Merry and Pippin and what was the tree’s reaction?
AnswerSam wanted to hurt or frighten the tree by setting fire to it. The tree told Merry that it would squeeze him in two if Sam didn't stop.