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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the pilot steer the plane?
(a) Face down on the lower wing.
(b) Sitting on the upper wing.
(c) Sitting on the lower wing.
(d) Laying down on the upper wing.

2. Where did George Cayley live?
(a) Britain.
(b) France.
(c) America.
(d) Sweden.

3. When was Ed Sines promoted as manger of the bike shop?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1894.

4. When did Wilbur arrive in Kitty Hawk?
(a) September 13, 1900.
(b) September 3, 1900.
(c) September 23, 1900.
(d) September 30, 1900.

5. How much did the Smithsonian institution give Langley to continue his work on planes?
(a) $20,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $40,000.
(d) $30,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bike shops did the brothers have by 1899?

2. When did the Benedictine monk Eilmer live?

3. What was Lilienthal referred to as according to Chapter 3?

4. When did Langley try the full size version of his plane for the first time?

5. When did the Wrights' mother die?

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