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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 does Jonathan do for the first time since leaving Earth when he finally transports himself?
(a) Laugh
(b) Screech
(c) Smile
(d) Fall

2. What does Fletcher do when he hears the strange voice in his head?
(a) Stumbles midair
(b) Nothing
(c) Crashes into the rocks
(d) Flies faster

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

4. 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) Conquered
(b) Arrived
(c) Traveled
(d) Believed

5. Who is skeptical of Jonathan's ideas and plans for his future?
(a) Chiang
(b) Fletcher
(c) The Elder Gull
(d) Sullivan

Short Answer Questions

1. How many more lives do gulls need in order to realize that they need to find perfection and show it to others?

2. Jonathan processes and learns new information like a feathered __________.

3. What does the Elder Gull tell Jonathan to keep working on right before the Elder Gull vanishes?

4. Jonathan tells Fletcher not to be harsh towards gulls that only ________ themselves.

5. Jonathan believes heaven ought not have natural __________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How many lives do most gulls need in order to come to the basic realization that there is more to life?

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

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

5. What are Jonathan's new wings seemingly made out of when he is flying in the new world?

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

7. Describe what happens when Chiang passes to the other world, or transfigures, as many might call it.

8. What is Chiang's response to Jonathan's question about whether this place is heaven or not?

9. When will Jonathan touch heaven, according to Chiang's answers?

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

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