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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 name does Eragon's dragon choose from the list he gives?

2. What does Angela tell Eragon about the woman that he will have a romance with?

3. What does Sloan do when Eragon tells him he found the egg in the Spine?

4. In Eragon's dream in "Magic is the Simplest Thing" what happens to his uncle Garrow?

5. Who warns Eragon when they are in danger of being discovered in the castle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What makes Eragon decide to bury the stone?

4. What does the trader reveal about the stone when Eragon and Garrow take it to him?

5. What does Horst advise Eragon to do after the strangers arrive asking questions about the blue stone?

6. Describe the winter season as Brom and Eragon find it in Teirm.

7. Describe Eragon's first flight on Saphira.

8. What does Eragon notice when he looks in the mirror in the chapter "The Witch and the Werecat?"

9. Describe the sword that is given to Eragon by Brom.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are several different instances of foreshadowing in Eragon.

1) Pick three pieces of foreshadowing in the book to write about and explain what it is that they foreshadow.

2) Pick at least one other thing in the story that appears to be foreshadowing but doesn't reveal itself in this book of the series. What is it possibly pointing at? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the sword, Zar'roc. The sword seems to be a different symbol to different people.

1) Explain the reaction that the sword gets from the Ra'zac, Murtagh, the Varden and the dwarfs. What does the sword mean to Eragon? 2) Given it's past why would Brom have kept the sword?

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