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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 Brom hand Eragon when they make camp and tell him to defend himself with?

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

3. What does Jeod tell the guards when they are seen outside the records room in the castle?

4. What did Saphira do with the eagle she caught?

5. What happens to Eragon when he dreams of the woman chained in her cell?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the sword that is given to Eragon by Brom.

3. What happens as Eragon is taking his uncle the last of the way into town?

4. Describe how things are for Eragon, Brom and Saphira once the storm has passed.

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

6. Describe the experience that Eragon has when he is able to share Saphira's feelings while in flight?

7. How is Eragon treated when he enters Sloan's butcher shop?

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

9. What does the trader reveal about the stone when Eragon and Garrow take it to him?

10. What does Brom tell Eragon when Eragon asks about the conversation he heard Brom and Jeod having about Brom being in Carvahall.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eragon and Saphira are the two main characters. Describe Eragon's character. Describe Saphira's character. Would the relationship have seemed different if Saphira had been male? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Look at Eragon's quest when he starts out leaving his home after his uncle Garrow's death. In what way does his quest change as the story develops? In what ways does Eragon change?

Essay Topic 3

Eragon fights the Shade and after killing him Eragon has many of the Shade's memories.

1) Does this change Eragon's perception of the Shade?

2) Is it possible that there had been any of the young boy left that the Shade had taken over?

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