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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far was the plane for the U.S. Signal Corp made by the Wright brothers supposed to fly?
(a) 400 miles.
(b) 200 miles.
(c) 150 miles.
(d) 125 miles.

2. What did the Wright brothers do on rainy days at Kill Devil Hills?
(a) Applied for a patent.
(b) Designed a new airplane.
(c) Assembled the motorized plane.
(d) Calculated fligt parameters.

3. What did the Wright brothers do on sunny days at Kill Devil Hills?
(a) Flew the 1906 glider.
(b) Flew the 1904 glider.
(c) Flew the 1902 glider.
(d) Flew the 1903 glider.

4. How was the Wrights' glider sent to Kitty Hawk?
(a) By car.
(b) By horse carriage.
(c) By plane.
(d) By train.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the new motorized glider assembled?

2. When did Lilienthal die?

3. What were the Wright brothers afraid of according to Chapter 8?

4. Why would the flyer not be considered a practical plane?

5. Who figured out the problem that made some flight of the glider go awry?

(see the answer key)

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