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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the relative who taught Charles Lindbergh to tinker do for a career?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Designer.

2. What stunt marked the end of Charles Lindbergh apprenticeship?
(a) An outside loop.
(b) A double parachute jump.
(c) Almost falling during a wing-walk.
(d) Climbing up a ladder from a car to an airplane.

3. How far was the first powered flight?
(a) 12 miles.
(b) 1,200 yards.
(c) 120 miles.
(d) 120 feet.

4. What other trick would Lindbergh do while barnstorming?
(a) Hang from the wing by a strap.
(b) Jump from one plane to another.
(c) Mock-dogfights.
(d) Aerial acrobatics.

5. Who insisted that Charles Lindbergh attend college?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His mother.
(c) He himself did.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were lessons few and far between at the Ray Page's Flying School?

2. Why did C.A. Lindbergh change his name when he came to the U.S.?

3. Who was Erold Bahl?

4. What happened to Charles Lindbergh's family when he was three and a half years old?

5. What drew Lindbergh to the facility where he learned to fly?

(see the answer key)

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