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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 Angela tell Eragon about the woman that he will have a romance with?

2. What does Eragon decide will be his focus when he leaves his home of Palancar Valley?

3. How does Roran describe the place that he is leaving as he and Eragon walk away from their cabin?

4. What does Eragon feel while in the air with Saphira?

5. Who is it that Eragon listens to as he tells the story of the dragon riders?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What makes Eragon decide to bury the stone?

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

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

5. Describe the dragon's appearance after emerging from its egg.

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

7. Describe Eragon's first flight on Saphira.

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

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

10. What does Brom tell Eragon about a persons true name in the ancient magic language?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eragon seemed sure that Angela was talking of Roran's death and Roran's betrayal when she read the dragon's bones.

1) Should Eragon have been able to see that there was a death other than Roran's in his future?

2) Is it possible that someone other than Roran will be the one to betray Eragon?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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