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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 say that the priests in Dras-Leona do to make themselves less connected to the mortal world?

2. What does Saphira tell Eragon when he tries to talk to her about how mad Brom is for not killing the Urgals?

3. When Eragon returns to the cave what does Saphira tell Eragon to wear?

4. What does Saphira discover about the Urgal's that are closing in on them while they are in the Beor Mountains' forest?

5. What does Eragon decide to do at Saphira's suggestion in order to slow the Krull's attack while they are in the Beor Mountains' forest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Angela explain was the curse Brom carried?

2. In the chapter "Diamond Tomb" what does Eragon find curious about Murtagh?

3. Explain Eragon's reaction when he is able to call forth an image of the young girl he has been seeing in his dreams?

4. Describe the magical test that the Twins put Eragon through.

5. What does Eragon find on the elf's unconscious body while in the chapter "A Warrior and a Healer?"

6. What does Brom tell Eragon in "Legacy of a Rider" shortly before Brom dies?

7. Explain how Murtagh and Eragon's relationship develops in the chapter "Capture at Gil'ead?"

8. What does Ajihad explain is the reason that Ayra had the egg?

9. Describe the cathedral at Dras-Leona where Eragon enters.

10. In the chapter "The Mourning Sage" what does Eragon dream?

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

Describe what an Urgal is like.

1) Why were the Uragls so quick to begin fighting themselves when the Shade was killed?

2) What does it say about Galbatorix that he was willing to use the Urgals?

Essay Topic 3

Angela read Eragon's future. Is it possible that Eragon wished he hadn't had his future read after Brom's death? In what ways did Angela's reading aid Eragon?

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