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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the first prospect of the Wright brothers do?
(a) They asked for a free loan for a few months.
(b) They asked for a plane capable of dropping bombs.
(c) They bought 5.
(d) They turned them down.

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

3. How long did the Wright brothers take to do their wing experiments?
(a) Several hours.
(b) Several weeks.
(c) Several days.
(d) Several years.

4. When did the Wright brothers start working at Huffman Prairie?
(a) Spring 1905.
(b) Spring 1903.
(c) Spring 1906.
(d) Spring 1904.

5. Why would the Wright brothers have a clear conscience?
(a) They patented the plane.
(b) They sold 200 to the U.S. Army.
(c) They tried to sell it to the U.S. government first.
(d) They sold a license to the U.S. Army.

6. How long did the flight during the second trial last?
(a) 63 seconds.
(b) 5 seconds.
(c) 119 seconds.
(d) 12 seconds.

7. How long after their flight did Wilbur and Orville contact a family member?
(a) 4 days after.
(b) The next day.
(c) 12 days after.
(d) 2 days after.

8. Who witnessed Wilbur's first flight with the flyer?
(a) John Marshal of the New York Times.
(b) Amos Root.
(c) Their father.
(d) Their sister.

9. What was the wing span of the Wright brothers' largest glider after running their wing experiments?
(a) 22 feet.
(b) 42 feet.
(c) 32 feet.
(d) 62 feet.

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

11. What were the Wright brothers afraid of according to Chapter 8?
(a) People stealing their invention.
(b) Having a fair price for their plane.
(c) People using planes to wage war.
(d) People crashing.

12. How long did the flights in August last?
(a) A quarter of a mile.
(b) 100 feet.
(c) A mile.
(d) Twelve mailes.

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

14. How did the brothers decide who was going to pilot the new plane?
(a) They chose by age.
(b) They tossed a coin.
(c) They strong-armed it.
(d) They chose the one with the more experience.

15. Why was the testing of the Wrights' new glider postponed from August to September?
(a) They had to rebuild their shelter.
(b) They had to assemble the glider.
(c) They had to wait for good weather.
(d) They had to wait for the glider.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Bishop Wright compare his sons' reading habits to?

3. How long after Lilienthal's fatal accident did the Wright brothers fly?

4. How fast was the plane for the U.S. Signal Corp made by the Wright brothers supposed to fly?

5. What happened on May 14, 1908?

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