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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 Sloan do when Eragon tells him he found the egg in the Spine?

2. When Saphira and Eragon fall asleep in the Spire what is Eragon's main concern?

3. What is Angela, the herbalist, holding when Brom and Eragon ask her where Joed lives?

4. What does Saphira do when Brom begins to beat Eragon?

5. What happens in "Awakening" that makes Eragon stop thinking of the dragon as an animal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Eragon's first flight on Saphira.

2. Why does Brom tell Eragon that he must be careful while tracking the Ra'zac that killed Garrow?

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

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

5. What happens when Eragon is trapped by the two Urgals in the alleyway in Yazuac?

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

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

8. What makes Eragon decide to bury the stone?

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

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

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 2

Eragon first believes Brom to be nothing more than an old story teller. Explain the progression of their relationship. What did Brom accomplish by not telling Eragon who Brom really was?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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