1. Who wrote His First Flight?
Answer: Liam O’Flaherty
2. Who is the main character of the story?
Answer: A young seagull
3. What was the young seagull afraid of?
Answer: Flying
4. What did the seagull’s parents want him to do?
Answer: To make his first flight
5. What did the young seagull’s brothers and sister already learn?
Answer: How to fly
6. What was the seagull’s family doing to encourage him?
Answer: Calling and scolding him
7. Where was the young seagull sitting?
Answer: On the ledge of a cliff
8. What was the young seagull hungry for?
Answer: Food, especially fish
9. Who tempted the seagull with food?
Answer: His mother
10. What did the mother hold in her beak?
Answer: A piece of fish
11. Why did the seagull dive suddenly?
Answer: To get the fish
12. What happened when he dived?
Answer: He started flying
13. What did the seagull feel when he was flying?
Answer: Joy and freedom
14. Where did he land after flying?
Answer: On the sea surface
15. What helped him float on the sea?
Answer: His belly and wings
16. How did his family react after his flight?
Answer: They screamed with joy and praised him
17. What is the theme of the story?
Answer: Courage and self-confidence
18. What did the young seagull overcome?
Answer: Fear of flying
19. What is the message of the story?
Answer: Believe in yourself to overcome fear
20. What is the setting of the story?
Answer: A high cliff near the sea
21. What kind of story is His First Flight?
Answer: An inspirational fable
22. What is the mother’s role in the story?
Answer: A teacher and motivator
23. What natural setting is described in the story?
Answer: A rocky cliff near the sea
24. What was the young seagull’s first reaction to flying?
Answer: Shock turned into thrill
25. What did the young seagull flap to control his flight?
Answer: His wings
26. What sound did the family make during his first flight?
Answer: They screamed joyfully
27. How did the young seagull feel after landing?
Answer: Confident and relieved
28. What does the story teach young readers?
Answer: To face challenges bravely
29. What kind of ending does the story have?
Answer: Happy and inspiring
30. What does the word ledge mean in the story?
Answer: A narrow flat surface on a cliff