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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. __________ is power, joy, and pure beauty.
(a) Diving
(b) Speed
(c) Flying
(d) Breaking records
2. What is Jonathan beginning during his fast dive when he loses control?
(a) His pullout
(b) His descent
(c) His turn
(d) His aerobatic
3. What does Jonathan do as he gives one last look around and flies into a perfect dark sky?
(a) Screeches
(b) Dives
(c) Disappears
(d) Soars above
4. When does Jonathan attempt his dives again?
(a) The next night
(b) He doesn't
(c) A few days later
(d) Sunrise
5. How many gulls join Jonathan in his exile?
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 5
Short Answer Questions
1. Jonathan wishes to free the other gulls from ______ years of scrabbling for fish heads.
2. If falcons were meant to fly at night, the voice says, they would have the eyes of what bird?
3. What does Jonathan do as a result of hearing the voice in his head?
4. Jonathan's greatest sorrow is that the other gulls refused to see the ______ of flight.
5. What is the middle name of the gull who likes to practice flying all by himself?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why doesn't Jonathan feel guilty about breaking the promise to the voice in his head?
2. What do Jonathan's parents think about his behavior when the other seagulls are eating?
3. What is Jonathan's reasoning for wanting to teach the others?
4. What does Jonathan's mother ask him to do when she sees him flying all by himself all the time?
5. How many seagulls are in the morning Flock of seagulls that are simply trying to find food to eat?
6. What does the strange voice in Jonathan's head tell him about his flying, at first?
7. What does the voice in Jonathan's head have to say about gulls flying in the dark?
8. What happens to Jonathan every time he tries to turn a full power dive into a vertical dive?
9. At what height does Jonathan attempt to dive from the morning after his accident and realization?
10. What is the name of the morning's group of seagulls that are looking for food?
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