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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. Where does Jonathan want to go, after his Elder has vanished and he continues his lessons in love?
(a) With the Elders
(b) Earth
(c) Nowhere. He's content.
(d) Heaven

2. One must stop seeing oneself as trapped in a _________, according to the Elder Gull.
(a) Pattern
(b) Body
(c) Decision
(d) Life

3. What is the actual speed that Jonathan reaches when he is trying to reach his new goal?
(a) 255mph
(b) 243mph
(c) 273mph
(d) 200mph

4. What does Jonathan apparently not need in order to learn the lessons he's learned?
(a) Other gulls
(b) Teaching
(c) Mulitple lives
(d) Punishment

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Jonathan suddenly feel as he is left by himself?

3. What does the Elder Gull do to prove the answer to #87 is correct?

4. What does Jonathan feel he was born to do?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Jonathan's initial instructor when he arrives in this strange land?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Jonathan want to do once his Guru has vanished and left his side?

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

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

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