"There’s Something Funny About All This"
1. Who had stopped at Farmer Maggot’s just before Frodo got there and what did he want?
AnswerA Black Rider; he was looking for Frodo.
2. How did Tom Bombadil rescue Merry and Pippin from the willow tree?
AnswerHe sang into the crack where Merry was caught and then he hit the willow with a branch.
3. When they prepared to leave his house, what place did Tom Bombadil tell the hobbits to avoid?
AnswerThe Barrows.
4. On the way to East Road, the hobbits were captured. By whom?
AnswerBarrow-wights.
5. An arm was creeping toward Sam preparing to kill him. What did Frodo do?
AnswerHe grabbed a short sword and sawed off the hand.
6. The ponies Merry provided for their journey had no names. Who finally named them?
AnswerTom Bombadil.
7. What name did Frodo go by at the inn in Bree?
AnswerMr. Underhill.
8. Frodo sang a song at the inn to prevent Pippin from finishing a story about Bilbo. What happened as he sang the song a second time?
AnswerHe leaped into the air and fell and disappeared.
9. What was the message Gandalf left at Bree and when was it supposed to be given to Frodo?
AnswerThe message told Frodo to leave the Shire no later than the end of July and to get help from Strider; three months before.
10. Merry followed a Black Rider almost to the gate of Bree. He was found lying by the roadside. What happened to him?
AnswerHe was overcome by the Black Breath.