Past the Marshes, Beyond the Black Gate
1. Frodo and Sam used an elf-rope with one end tied to a stump to climb down a steep gully. What happened when Sam gave it a farewell tug?
AnswerThe rope came tumbling down after them.
2. What was Frodo’s explanation for the above? What was Sam’s?
Answer Frodo said the knot came loose. Sam said the rope came when he called it.
3. What did Gollum do when Sam tied his rope around Gollum’s ankle?
AnswerHe began screaming in pain and biting at the knot.
4. What did the rope do to Gollum and why?
Answer It seemed to freeze him, to bite into his leg; because it was an Elvish rope.
5. What did Frodo make Gollum swear to before he released him from the rope?
AnswerGollum-Sméagol swore to serve the master of "the Precious".
6. What did Sam see in the water of the Dead Marshes?
AnswerFaces, dead faces.
7. What did Gollum do when Frodo fell asleep in the pit by the slag heaps?
AnswerHe held a debate with himself as to whether or not he should steal "the Precious".
8. When they camped in Ithilien, Sam had Gollum get something for him. What was it and what did he do with it?
AnswerRabbits; he made stew.
9. How did the Rangers of Ithilien find Frodo and Sam?
AnswerThey saw the smoke from Sam's fire.
10. What came crashing through the trees, to Sam’s terror and delight?
Answer An oliphaunt.