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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jeod claim that they need in the castle for when they are attempting to find the records they need?

3. How does Eragon feel after using the magic to kill the Urgals?

4. What does Angela do when she is told that the man traveling with Eragon is Brom?

5. What happens when Eragon tells Saphira of the men looking for her egg?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the winter season as Brom and Eragon find it in Teirm.

2. What does Eragon notice when he looks in the mirror in the chapter "The Witch and the Werecat?"

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

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

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

6. Describe Eragon's first flight on Saphira.

7. Describe Eragon's dream while he was passed out?

8. What does Roran tell Eragon that upsets him in "A Name of Power?"

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

10. Describe the relationship between the Shade and the Urgals.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eragon reaches his sixteenth birthday while on his journey. Explain the importance of this.

1) What is the importance of Eragon finding the egg when he is still so young?

2) Would Eragon and Saphira's relationship had differed had Eragon been much older?

Essay Topic 2

1) List the mythical creatures found in the story.

2) In what ways are these creatures alike? In what ways are they different?

3) Are Solembum and Saphira viewed more as people or more like pets? explain.

Essay Topic 3

Why is it so important to Eragon to keep control of his future? Would Eragon have been as accepting of going with Arya if the Mourning Sage had not come to Eragon after Eragon's battle with Durza? Explain.

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