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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What route did Lindbergh fly air mail for?
(a) St. Louis-Chicago.
(b) New York-Washington D.C.
(c) San Francisco-L.A.
(d) Chicago-New York.

2. When was Charles Lindbergh born?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1907.

3. Why were lessons few and far between at the Ray Page's Flying School?
(a) Page was always traveling around looking for schemes for making money.
(b) Page was an alcoholic, and his flying days were few and far between.
(c) Page had difficulty keeping his craft in flying condition.
(d) Page had been spooked when he saw a friend die in a plane crash.

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

5. What business were Orville and Wilbur Wright in, when they invented the airplane in 1903?
(a) Engineers.
(b) Bicycle mechanics.
(c) Writers.
(d) Accountants.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Charles Lindbergh help his father's political campaign?

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

3. Who was Shorty Lynch?

4. What did C.A. Lindbergh accomplish in 1906?

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

(see the answer key)

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