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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of dive has been resulting in Jonathan rolling violently and tumbling?
(a) Horizontal
(b) Upside down
(c) Sideways
(d) Vertical

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. __________ is power, joy, and pure beauty.

2. What is NOT one of the techniques that Jonathan learns?

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

4. What kind of wings does the strange voice tell Johnathan he does not have?

5. What does Jonathan fly through, without killing anyone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Jonathan every time he tries to turn a full power dive into a vertical dive?

2. What happens to Jonathan once he begins to tell other gulls they do not have to settle for a drab life?

3. What does Jonathan realize is the secret to his success in flying close to the water?

4. What is Jonathan's reasoning for wanting to teach the others?

5. What do Jonathan's parents think about his behavior when the other seagulls are eating?

6. What does Jonathan do that no other seagull on Earth has done, making him the first?

7. What does Jonathan discover is the key to turning when he is flying at great speeds?

8. What is the name of the morning's group of seagulls that are looking for food?

9. At what height does Jonathan attempt to dive from the morning after his accident and realization?

10. What does the strange voice in Jonathan's head tell him about his flying, at first?

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