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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 Eragon find he can do that will give them water while in the Hadarac Desert?
(a) Call upon the birds to bring water
(b) Drink the blood of the desert creatures
(c) Pull water to the surface
(d) Turn sand to water

2. What surprises Eragon when he enters the cathedral?
(a) The amount of dust
(b) Ra'zac
(c) Shades
(d) Urgals

3. How does the Mourning Sage say to find him?
(a) Go to the sea
(b) Follow the Beor Mountains
(c) Go with Arya
(d) Go to Gil'ead

4. What did the Ra'zac threaten Saphira with that kept her from attacking?
(a) Killing Brom
(b) Breaking the remaining eggs
(c) An unmerciful pillow fight
(d) Killing Eragon

5. What one subject do both Eragon and Murtagh avoid while traveling?
(a) The death of Brom
(b) Their athletes foot
(c) The future at the Varden
(d) Their past

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arya tell Eragon that makes him feel that he is not in control of his own destiny?

2. What does Murtagh say about the path leading through the Hadarac Desert?

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

4. What does Saphira say about the desert when they finally reach Hadarac?

5. What does Eragon realize the Twins are trying to do when they ask him to perform a piece of magic?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the chapter "The Mourning Sage" what does Eragon dream?

2. Explain how Murtagh and Eragon's relationship develops in the chapter "Capture at Gil'ead?"

3. What does Eragon learn from the Ra'zac that capture him and Brom outside of Dras-Leona?

4. What does Eragon see when he touches Durza's mind?

5. Why is Brom so angry with Eragon after Eragon had insulted the Urgal's master and let them live?

6. As Eragon, Murtagh, Saphira and the elf are beginning their journey to the Ramr River what thoughts does Eragon have in regards to returning home to Roran?

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

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

9. What does Brom tell Eragon in "Legacy of a Rider" shortly before Brom dies?

10. What explanation do Eragon and Saphira give to King Hrothgar when he asks them why they are with the Verdan and choose to side against the Empire?

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