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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. What is the first thing that Brom and Eragon notice when they near the city of Yazuac?
(a) There are vultures flying overhead
(b) The smell of death
(c) Signs of a battle
(d) There are no dogs barking

2. What does Joed say he had believed had happened to Brom when Joed answers the door?
(a) He thought Brom dead
(b) Married and farming
(c) That Brom was across the sea
(d) Watching over a dragon's egg

3. Why does Eragon decide to have his future read by Angela?
(a) Angela may have read his mother's future
(b) Angela tells him it may help Eragon in his journey
(c) Anglea is Brom's friend
(d) The werecat advises him to do so

4. What does Saphira do after they are in the air explaining that it is what she will do if under attack?
(a) Blows Fire around her
(b) Nose dive
(c) Curls into a ball
(d) Drops into a roll

5. What does Horst tell Eragon he can do to work off the money Horst spent on Eragon's meat?
(a) Work as an assistant to Horst
(b) Give him grain
(c) Find him more rocks
(d) Plow Horst's fields

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the song about that Brom sings to Eragon on the way to Teirm?

2. Why does Eragon say he won't be able to help with the scrolls?

3. What does Eragon see in his dream while he is passed out?

4. What does Saphira tell Eragon when he explains that he killed the Urgals?

5. Who warns Eragon when they are in danger of being discovered in the castle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brom tell Eragon about the magic that Eragon used to defeat the Urgals?

2. What lie does Eragon tell Horst happened at the farm?

3. In the chapter titled "An Old Friend" describe what Brom says is the best way to help keep Roran safe?

4. What is Angela able to tell Eragon about his future when she reads the dragon bones?

5. What does Brom tell Eragon in reference to reading other people's minds?

6. What does Brom tell Eragon about a persons true name in the ancient magic language?

7. Explain why Eragon feels so out of place in Teirm when they are first walking to Joed's house?

8. Describe Eragon's feelings when he knows that they are leaving Teirn to head for Dras-Leona.

9. Why does Eragon try to keep Saphira a secret from his family?

10. What does Brom tell Eragon about the first Dragon Rider?

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