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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened during the two times reporters came to see the Wright brothers fly?
(a) The plane did not take off.
(b) The plane crash.
(c) The journalist asked for a free tour to write a story.
(d) One of the journalists was killed.

2. How many times was Wilbur able to circle the Huffman prairie on November 9th?
(a) Twice.
(b) 4 times.
(c) 8 times.
(d) 10 times.

3. When did Da Vinci live?
(a) 16th century.
(b) 15th century.
(c) 19th century.
(d) 11th century.

4. What did the Wright brothers have to design?
(a) A carburetor that works when the plane is upside down.
(b) The propellers.
(c) The fuel.
(d) The injection system.

5. What did the Wright brothers build to test wings?
(a) Model airplane.
(b) A wind tunnel.
(c) A plane catapult.
(d) A hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tried to convince the Wright brothers to fly publicly?

2. What happened on May 14, 1908?

3. What did the monk, Eilmer, blame his crash on?

4. What did the Wright brothers start to devise a way to do at the end of Chapter 5?

5. How fast was the plane for the U.S. Signal Corp made by the Wright brothers supposed to fly?

(see the answer key)

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