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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was dismayed with Jonathan for his unique way of living?
(a) His parents
(b) His brother
(c) His sister
(d) His wife

2. What does the strange voice tell Jonathan to do?
(a) Give up
(b) Join the Flock
(c) Teach others
(d) Try again

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

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

5. How many times does Jonathan try this dive in question #10?
(a) 5 times
(b) 10 times
(c) 100 times
(d) 2 times

6. What is NOT one of the techniques that Jonathan learns?
(a) Inverted spin
(b) Loop de loop
(c) Slow roll
(d) Gull bunt

7. What causes a spinout instead of grace when Jonathan makes the change in #38?
(a) More than one feather
(b) Hesitation
(c) Flapping
(d) Closing one's eyes

8. When does Jonathan attempt his dives again?
(a) He doesn't
(b) A few days later
(c) The next night
(d) Sunrise

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

10. The voice tells Jonathan he does not have ________ for brains.
(a) Patience
(b) Books
(c) Charts
(d) Maps

11. If falcons were meant to fly at night, the voice says, they would have the eyes of what bird?
(a) Owl
(b) Hawk
(c) Falcon
(d) Robin

12. What does Jonathan learn to do which allows him to cover 100 miles overnight?
(a) Walking
(b) Low flying
(c) Sleep in the air
(d) Go faster

13. What does Jonathan's mother call him?
(a) Bad Gull
(b) Silly Boy
(c) Jon
(d) Johnny

14. What smiles the morning that Jonathan almost hits the gulls and the boat?
(a) Luck
(b) The strange voice
(c) Gull of Fortune
(d) God

15. At 1000 feet, what does Jonathan climb to attempt during one of his many flying excursions?
(a) A tunnel spin
(b) A roll
(c) A somersault
(d) A full power dive

Short Answer Questions

1. Jonathan's recent triumphs make him feel as though a new _____ is starting for him.

2. What does Jonathan feel is just even more of a burden to bear?

3. What are the the gulls coming to Jonathan to do?

4. Jonathan's greatest sorrow is that the other gulls refused to see the ______ of flight.

5. What is Jonathan beginning during his fast dive when he loses control?

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