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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Orville and Wilbur do together as children according to Chapter 2?
(a) Chase girls.
(b) Everything.
(c) Eat.
(d) Explore.

2. What drawback did Huffman Prairie have?
(a) It was swampy.
(b) It was small.
(c) It was hilly.
(d) It was flat.

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

4. What was the Wrights' mother's name?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Susan.
(c) Roxanna.
(d) Sophy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Wright brothers contact their family member at the end of Chapter 6?

2. How long did the flights in August last?

3. What did the Wright brothers use a tombstone for?

4. How long did the press say it would take for men to fly?

5. Why did Icarus' wings fail?

(see the answer key)

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