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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jonathan's greatest sorrow is that the other gulls refused to see the ______ of flight.
(a) Glory
(b) Truth
(c) Meaning
(d) Usefulness

2. "Once one touches excellence in learning, ___________ are unnecessary."
(a) Promises
(b) Tricks
(c) Others
(d) Techniques

3. What does Jonathan feel is just even more of a burden to bear?
(a) His disappointment
(b) His broken wing
(c) His lessons
(d) His failure

4. "Seagulls, as you know, never falter, never _____."
(a) Care
(b) Fall
(c) Fly
(d) Stall

5. The Elders hope Jonathan will live long enough to realize life is _________ and unknowable.
(a) Trite
(b) Unknown
(c) Boring
(d) Simple

6. How far up in the sky is Jonathan at first when he is practicing his flying?
(a) 100 feet
(b) 1000 feet
(c) 25 feet
(d) 2000 feet

7. How far does the item in #38 have to be turned in order to be effective during the diving technique?
(a) Half an inch
(b) Quarter of an inch
(c) An inch
(d) A millimeter

8. Jonathan wishes to free the other gulls from ______ years of scrabbling for fish heads.
(a) 1000
(b) 2000
(c) 50
(d) 100

9. What is Jonathan beginning during his fast dive when he loses control?
(a) His descent
(b) His pullout
(c) His aerobatic
(d) His turn

10. What does Jonathan fly through, without killing anyone?
(a) The forest
(b) The Flock
(c) The water
(d) The beach

11. __________ is power, joy, and pure beauty.
(a) Diving
(b) Flying
(c) Speed
(d) Breaking records

12. What does Jonathan do as a result of hearing the voice in his head?
(a) He gives up
(b) He folds most of his wings
(c) He tries to draw a map for himself
(d) He sees that being a part of the Flock is the best idea

13. Who summons Jonathan when he begins to think about teaching the other gulls how to fly?
(a) Council of Punishment
(b) Council of Gathering
(c) Council of Reckoning
(d) Council of Despair

14. How many birds are in the group mentioned in question #1?
(a) 10000
(b) 400
(c) 1000
(d) 20

15. What does Jonathan decide he needs to do with his wings in order to succeed in the dive from #10?
(a) Make them smaller
(b) Spread them out
(c) Hold them still
(d) Flap harder

Short Answer Questions

1. Jonathan was no ordinary ______.

2. If falcons were meant to fly at night, the voice says, they would have the eyes of what bird?

3. What is the gull speed record that Jonathan sets as he makes that adjustment from #13?

4. Jonathan believes he has discovered the _______ for their lives.

5. After Jonathan's brush with death, again, he attempts what at 8000 feet?

(see the answer keys)

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