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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. When Eragon describes the Shade he fought to Ajihad where does Ajihad say that the Shade, Durza, got the scratch on his blade?

2. What does Eragon realize the Twins are trying to do when they ask him to perform a piece of magic?

3. What does Eragon realize about his water?

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

5. Who is the first person that Eragon sees after he wakes up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Eragon see when he touches Durza's mind?

4. After they are out of the Hadarac Desert what does Eragon feel his new drive has become along with vengence for the death of Brom and Garrow?

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

6. When Eragon is to the point that he can escape what delima does he face in the beginning of the chapter "Fighting Shadows"?

7. When Eragon awakes in a cell in the chapter "Du Sundavar Freohr" what does Eragon realize?

8. Why is Brom concerned about Galbatorix coming to Dras-Leona?

9. What do Eragon and Murtagh argue about when discussing ways to escape those foiling them in the chapter "Water from Sand?"

10. Describe the scene in which Eragon's mind is probed by the bald man?

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

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.

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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