Eragon

Prologue-Chapter 16

Reading Check

1. Deer (Chapter 1)

2. A father’s blessing (Chapter 9)

3. Saphira’s wing (Chapter 10)

4. 200 crowns (Chapter 16)

Short Answer

1. Sloan does not want to purchase the stone from Eragon because he thinks it is cursed. (Chapter 2)

2. The first dragon war started when an elf hunted a dragon like he would have hunted a wild animal, and the dragons retaliated. (Chapter 6)

3. Garrow’s burns are unusual because none of the normal treatments work on them. (Chapter 12)

4. Brom tells Eragon that he is helping him stay alive because his journey will make a good story. (Chapter 14)

Chapters 17-32

Reading Check

1. Cathedral (Chapter 17)

2. Herbalist (Chapter 24)

3. A footprint (Chapter 29)

4. Run away (Chapter 31)

Short Answer

1. Riders were trained to use magic by forcing them to face pointless tasks. Eventually they became so frustrated that they unwittingly used magic to help them accomplish the task. (Chapter 20)

2. Trevor asks Brom and Eragon to tell the king about the Urgals that are pillaging the towns and slaughtering the people. (Chapter 21)

3. Angela is trying to prove that toads do not exist. (Chapter 25)

4. Brom is angry with Eragon because Eragon did not kill all of the Urgals, and now the Urgals will inform their leader about Saphira. (Chapter 30)

Chapters 33-48

Reading Check

1. A bard (Chapter 33)

2. Saphira (Chapter 37)

3. The king (Chapter 42)

4. Morzan (Chapter 48)

Short Answer

1. The Ra’zac don’t kill Eragon after they capture him because the king’s orders were to keep him alive. (Chapter 35)

2. Eragon does not want to continue using Zar’roc because it used to be Morzan’s sword, so it must have been used to kill countless Dragon Riders. (Chapter 38)

3. Eragon lifts water from underground and brings it to the surface. (Chapter 43)

4. Since Arya is no longer receiving the antidote from the Skilna Bragh poison, she keeps herself in a coma to delay the effects of the poison. (Chapter 46)

Chapters 49-59

Reading Check

1. The Twins (Chapter 52)

2. His bow (Chapter 53)

3. Durza (Chapter 54)

4. Ellesmera (Chapter 59)

Short Answer

1. Eragon asks Saphira to hide the memories of Solembum and Angela’s prophecies. (Chapter 50)

2. The humans in Tronjheim are pleased to see Eragon, and they cheer when he passes through. (Chapter 51)

3. Eragon does not want to reveal Brom’s secrets, and he realizes that if he joins Du Vrangr Gata, the Twins will steal information from him. (Chapter 55)

4. Durza learned how to summon spirits so he can take revenge for the death of his parents. (Chapter 58)