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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Lindbergh want to put the fuel tank?
(a) Behind the engine.
(b) In the wing.
(c) Beneath the pilot.
(d) Behind the pilot.

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

3. What happened to Lindbergh after landing?
(a) He gave a speech.
(b) He was injured.
(c) He was carried aloft by the crowd.
(d) He was arrested.

4. What happened to Charles Lindbergh's family when he was three and a half years old?
(a) Charles' brother was kidnapped.
(b) Charles' mother died.
(c) A flood destroyed their home.
(d) A fire destroyed their home.

5. Why did Lindbergh name his plane The Spirit of St. Louis?
(a) To establish St. Louis as an aviation mecca.
(b) To honor his birthplace.
(c) To memorialize the pioneer spirit.
(d) To honor his patron's origins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of crisis does Lindbergh say he had in his ninth hour of flight?

2. What kind of celebration was Lindbergh treated to in New York?

3. What business were Orville and Wilbur Wright in, when they invented the airplane in 1903?

4. When were the contents of chapter 5 written?

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

(see the answer key)

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