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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What smiles the morning that Jonathan almost hits the gulls and the boat?

2. What does Jonathan learn to do which allows him to cover 100 miles overnight?

3. At 1000 feet, what does Jonathan climb to attempt during one of his many flying excursions?

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

5. Jonathan was no ordinary ______.

Short Essay Questions

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

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 do that no other seagull on Earth has done, making him the first?

4. What does Jonathan's mother ask him to do when she sees him flying all by himself all the time?

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

6. What are the names of the five moves Jonathan learns to do when he is practicing his flying all the time?

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

8. Why doesn't Jonathan feel guilty about breaking the promise to the voice in his head?

9. What happens when Jonathan fails and he begins to turn his thoughts to just sinking to the bottom of the sea?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The cycle of the story continues with Jonathan coming to Fletcher as his new guru. The story continues with Jonathan wanting to impart his knowledge to the next generation of Gulls.

Part 1: How does Jonathan contact Fletcher and become his new teacher?

Part 2: What is Fletcher's response to this occurrence?

Part 3: Why does Fletcher seem to need Jonathan's guidance? Or does he? Support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

The Council for the Flock seems to want to discredit Jonathan's work in order to render him powerless over the rest of the Flock who has not converted. This seems to be quite realistic in relation to the way some governments control their people's perceptions as well.

Part 1: Why does the Council want to discredit Jonathan?

Part 2: What would the benefits of his being discredited be for the Flock? For the Council?

Part 3: What does the Council do in order to attempt to discredit Jonathan?

Essay Topic 3

Jonathan becomes a teacher of those Gulls in the Flock who genuinely want to learn more, even if they get in trouble with the rest of the Flock and its authority powers.

Part 1: Describe and name the first student of Jonathan, its progress and eventual outcome.

Part 2: Name one other student of Jonathan and describe its education.

Part 3: Do you think Jonathan is a good teacher? Why or why not?

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