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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 Joed say he had believed had happened to Brom when Joed answers the door?
2. What two things is Garrow able to send with Roran when Roran leaves?
3. What explanation does Brom give Eragon as to why he wants to travel with him?
4. How does Roran describe the place that he is leaving as he and Eragon walk away from their cabin?
5. What does Sloan do when Eragon tells him he found the egg in the Spine?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Brom tell Eragon about the first Dragon Rider?
2. Describe how things are for Eragon, Brom and Saphira once the storm has passed.
3. Describe the dragon's appearance after emerging from its egg.
4. What makes Eragon decide to bury the stone?
5. In the chapter titled "An Old Friend" describe what Brom says is the best way to help keep Roran safe?
6. Describe Eragon's first flight on Saphira.
7. How is Eragon treated when he enters Sloan's butcher shop?
8. What does Eragon notice when he looks in the mirror in the chapter "The Witch and the Werecat?"
9. What does Brom tell Eragon when Eragon asks about the conversation he heard Brom and Jeod having about Brom being in Carvahall.
10. Describe the sword that is given to Eragon by Brom.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Brom and Garrow are both looked at as father figures to Eragon. Eragon continual says that Garrow raised him and is like a father to him and Eragon has the words "Like a father to me" written on Brom's grave.
1) In what ways are Garrow and Brom alike? In what ways do they differ?
2) What effect does it have on Eragon that he looses both of the men that he viewed this way?
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
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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