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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. What is the goal Jonathan sets for himself in relation to speed and performance?
(a) He wants to break his last goal
(b) He wants to attain three times as much
(c) He wants to attain twice as much
(d) He wants to break the sound barrier

2. How many more lives do gulls need in order to realize that they need to find perfection and show it to others?
(a) 25
(b) 10
(c) 50
(d) 100

3. There is a saying Jonathan remembers - Gulls never ________ in heaven.
(a) Speak
(b) Tire
(c) Hunger
(d) Fly

4. What do these other gulls have an elegant technique for doing as they fly?
(a) Landing
(b) Turning
(c) Flapping
(d) Diving

5. The Elder Gull tells Jonathan that the key is knowing that one has already _________ when it comes to the way he moves from place to place.
(a) Believed
(b) Arrived
(c) Conquered
(d) Traveled

Short Answer Questions

1. What will traveling in the past and in the future help Jonathan to know the meaning of? Kindness and __________.

2. Jonathan just wants to share the _______ with a willing gull.

3. What does Jonathan do for the first time since leaving Earth when he finally transports himself?

4. How many more lives do these other gulls need in order to learn about perfection?

5. What do these new birds practice every day, much to the delight of Johnathan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jonathan believe Heaven should do in terms of limits?

2. How does Chiang demonstrate touching heaven, which dazzles Jonathan and makes him want to learn more from this guru?

3. What does Jonathan remember to use his wings for, only on occasion, however?

4. What does Sullivan declare about Jonathan in relation to his approach to learning?

5. When does Jonathan make the first sound since leaving Earth?

6. What does Jonathan notice about the other gulls, but he falls asleep before he can try out this technique?

7. What are people saying about the Elder Gull, Chiang, as he is introduced in the story?

8. What is the saying Jonathan remembers about Heaven in relation to fatigue?

9. Where does Jonathan believe he is in this section of the book?

10. What does Jonathan's teacher say when Johnathan asks why there are so few gulls in their location?

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