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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were the customers of the bike shop forced to wait outside the shop?
(a) The Wright brothers took over most of the shop for their plane project.
(b) The brothers wanted to keep their work a secret.
(c) The brothers where using dangerous chemical.
(d) The customers were afraid of the plane.

2. What did the Wright brothers start to devise a way to do at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Attach a motor on the glider.
(b) Add larger wings.
(c) Add a cabine for the pilot.
(d) Put two people on the glider.

3. When did the Wrights' mother die?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1886.

4. Why did Icarus' wings fail?
(a) He flew too close to the sun.
(b) He tried to plung in the water.
(c) He tried to go to fast.
(d) He tried to take on too much weight.

5. Who was piloting the flying machine Amos Root came to see in Chapter 1?
(a) Amos Root.
(b) Orville Wright.
(c) Carl Huffman.
(d) Wilbur Wright.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Ed Sines promoted as manger of the bike shop?

2. What part of flight were the Wright brothers surprised was not paid attention to?

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

4. Why would the Wright brothers have a clear conscience?

5. How many manufacturers were able to provide an engine to the Wright's specifications?

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