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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 does Jonathan become as a result of the Council's decision?

2. Of what does the Council say that Jonathan has violated the dignity and the tradition?

3. What kind of dive has been resulting in Jonathan rolling violently and tumbling?

4. A single _________ is the key to curving while diving, Johnathan finds.

5. Jonathan realizes gulls can lift themselves out of _________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the gull speed record that Jonathan sets during his efforts to improve his flying?

5. How many seagulls are in the morning Flock of seagulls that are simply trying to find food to eat?

6. As Jonathan begins his pull out during his record-setting speed, what happens?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Flock Elders seem to be quite set in their ways, establishing an authoritarian body that doesn't take into consideration the individual needs and desires of the Gulls.

Part 1: In what ways do the Flock Elders control the other Gulls?

Part 2: How does the power of the Flock Elders affect the Gulls in the Flock?

Part 3: Does it seem as though the Flock Elders need to change their ideas? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The existence of an afterlife is something that becomes a crucial part of the knowledge and the development of some of the Gulls in this book. But the definition of this afterlife is a little harder to grasp.

Part 1: How does the knowledge of the afterlife affect Johnathan?

Part 2: What does Jonathan learn about the idea of the afterlife? How is it described to him?

Part 3: Why does Jonathan simply accept the idea of an afterlife as it is given to him?

Essay Topic 3

Jonathan really wants to share what he has learned with the other Gulls, but he is prevented from doing so. His sharing could promote great changes, he thinks.

Part 1: What are some of the lessons Jonathan wants to share with the rest of the Gulls?

Part 2: How is Jonathan prevented from sharing his knowledge with others?

Part 3: Is this situation harmful or helpful to the other Gulls in the Flock? Support your answer with examples from the book.

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