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

2. What is the last thing that Eragon has Saphira hide in his memories?

3. What does Saphira say about the desert when they finally reach Hadarac?

4. What does Arya tell Eragon that makes him feel that he is not in control of his own destiny?

5. What does Saphira put around Brom's tomb using her powers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Murtagh's prison cell and how he is treated when Eragon goes to visit him.

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

4. In the chapter "Flight Through the Valley" what does Saphira say to Eragon after he exhausts himself using magic?

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

6. Why is Brom so angry with Eragon after Eragon had insulted the Urgal's master and let them live?

7. Explain why Eragon is so confused after Murtagh kills Torkenbrand.

8. What explanation do Eragon and Saphira give to King Hrothgar when he asks them why they are with the Verdan and choose to side against the Empire?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the impact that Dras-Leona had on Eragon in terms of the priests' sacrifice and the slaves that are sold. What does this city relate to the reader? Explain.

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

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?

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