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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 NOT happen when Eragon touches the dragon?

2. What does Eragon tell the guard in the chapter "A Taste of Teirm" had been wrong with Brom when Brom was younger?

3. What does Eragon find on the ground that the Ra'zac left behind?

4. What has Roran decided to do?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Explain Eragon's feelings when he first found the stone.

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

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

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

9. Describe Eragon's first flight on Saphira.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eragon sees the slavery going on in Dras-Leona and it makes him angry enough to fight. Despite this when he is surrounded by the slavers Eragon tells Saphira to show mercy to them. Is Eragon wrong to tell her to let them escape if they try? Why is Eragon determined to show compassion to these men? What does it say about Eragon that he has retained his compassion despite his loss?

Essay Topic 2

1) When Eragon first realizes that the girl from his dreams is real he is surprised. Why is Eragon so quick to become seemingly protective of a girl he doesn't know.

2) Why does Eragon and Saphira both fear so much for her life? Are Saphira's feelings towards the girl swayed by Eragon's feelings of her?

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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