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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Wright brothers know they wouldn't do at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) Put three people on a plane.
(b) Attach any motor on one of the glider.
(c) Add a wood cabin for the pilot.
(d) Add larger fabric wings.

2. How old was Bishop Wright when he died?
(a) 59.
(b) 90.
(c) 65.
(d) 88.

3. How long did the flight witnessed by Amos Root last?
(a) 4 minutes, 36 seconds.
(b) 3 minutes, 36 seconds.
(c) 1 minute, 36 seconds.
(d) 2 minutes, 36 seconds.

4. How did the Wright brothers contact their family member at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) By courrier.
(b) By mail.
(c) By phone.
(d) By telegram.

5. What were the two approaches to studying flight in the late 1800s?
(a) Models and manned gliders.
(b) Mathematical models and manned gliders.
(c) Mathematical models and real models.
(d) Models and flight using animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wilbur say he lost because of his brother?

2. What did people around Huffman Prairie begin to take notice of in late 1905?

3. What could planes not carry according to Chapter 10?

4. What was Wilbur's temperament?

5. Why did Orville drop out of high school?

(see the answer key)

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