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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the middle name of the gull who likes to practice flying all by himself?
(a) Chiang
(b) Livingston
(c) Fletcher
(d) Jonathan

2. Of what does the Council say that Jonathan has violated the dignity and the tradition?
(a) The Gull of Fortune
(b) The Peace of the Family
(c) The Gull Family
(d) The Way of Life

3. What kind of wings does the strange voice tell Johnathan he does not have?
(a) Osprey
(b) Falcon
(c) Egret
(d) Hawk

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

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

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

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

8. What does Jonathan hit when he loses control as described in #15?
(a) Another gull
(b) The beach
(c) The sea
(d) The cliffs

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

10. What is the name of the Flock that hunts for food in the morning?
(a) Morning Flock
(b) Hunting Flock
(c) Breakfast Flock
(d) AM Flock

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

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

13. For what purpose is Jonathan summoned, as indicated in #45?
(a) To be punished for Learning
(b) To be given prison time
(c) To stand to Center for Shame
(d) To stand in Charge for Flying

14. What does Jonathan do as he gives one last look around and flies into a perfect dark sky?
(a) Screeches
(b) Soars above
(c) Dives
(d) Disappears

15. What does NOT shorten gulls' lives, as Johnathan learns?
(a) Gossip
(b) Anger
(c) Fear
(d) Boredom

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Jonathan realizes that gulls do not have to settle for a ________ life.

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

4. When does Jonathan attempt his dives again?

5. To the rest of the gulls, it is not flying that matters, but ________.

(see the answer keys)

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