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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 does Saphira suggest might be the reason for Murtagh's story if Murtagh is making them up?
(a) He is leading them into a trap
(b) He wants to get close to the leader of the Varden
(c) He is mad
(d) His memories were tampered with

2. What does the Mourning Sage tell Eragon not to do when Eragon wakes up?
(a) Trust the Twins
(b) Tell anyone that they have spoken
(c) Let his mental barriers down
(d) Use magic too quickly

3. When they are camped at Leona Lake what happens when Brom and Eragon spar?
(a) Eragon wins
(b) Brom falls into the lake
(c) They are attacked
(d) Brom is cut by Eragon's sword

4. What does Brom tell Eragon to do if he is ever faced with a wizard's duel?
(a) Call upon the spirits
(b) Run away
(c) Use Saphira's help
(d) Remember all his magic words

5. What is happening in the cave when Saphira wakes Eragon up?
(a) The Ra'zac are nearing
(b) Brom is convulsing
(c) Urgals are below the cave enterance
(d) Murtagh has stolen their horses

Short Answer Questions

1. When Eragon describes the Shade he fought to Ajihad where does Ajihad say that the Shade, Durza, got the scratch on his blade?

2. What is the final thing that the Twins ask Eragon to do in his magic test?

3. What do Eragon and the others feel when they enter the forest of Beor Mountains'?

4. What does Saphira and the others watch run by when they reach the edge of the Hadarac Desert?

5. Who is the first person that Eragon sees after he wakes up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Murtagh give for killing Torkenbrand?

2. Explain how Murtagh came to be an enemy of Galbatorix?

3. When Eragon and Saphira first enter the Hadarac Desert what does Saphira tell Eragon about the desert?

4. Describe the scene in which Eragon's mind is probed by the bald man?

5. Explain Eragon's reaction when he is able to call forth an image of the young girl he has been seeing in his dreams?

6. Explain Eragon's feelings when Murtagh first says that he wants to ride with him.

7. Describe the rituals conducted by the priests in Dras-Leona.

8. Explain why Eragon is so confused after Murtagh kills Torkenbrand.

9. When Eragon awakes in a cell in the chapter "Du Sundavar Freohr" what does Eragon realize?

10. What does Eragon find on the elf's unconscious body while in the chapter "A Warrior and a Healer?"

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