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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did have to do in the 14th hour to set things to rights again?
(a) Splash water on his face.
(b) Backtrack.
(c) Triangulate his position.
(d) Lose altitude.

2. Who interested Charles Lindbergh in flying?
(a) His college friends.
(b) His father.
(c) He had always been interested in flight.
(d) World War I aces.

3. Where did C.A. Lindbergh come to the U.S. from?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Germany.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Norway.

4. How much was the Orteig prize?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $25,000.
(c) $10,000.
(d) $1,000.

5. Where did Charles Lindbergh get formal education in flying?
(a) Flying with Erold Bahl.
(b) The Army Air Service.
(c) Ray Page's Flying School.
(d) Flying with Shorty Lynch.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lindbergh approach Paris?

2. What route did Lindbergh fly air mail for?

3. What was the Orteig prize for?

4. What goal did Lindbergh ask the manufacturers to aim for with The Spirit of St. Louis?

5. What other trick would Lindbergh do while barnstorming?

(see the answer key)

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