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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What characteristics did the Wright brothers want for their engine?
(a) 8 horsepower and less than 200 pound.
(b) 8 horsepower and less than 150 pound.
(c) 20 horsepower and less than 200 pound.
(d) 16 horsepower and less than 150 pound.

2. How long was Wilbur's flight around the Huffman Prairie on November 9th?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 25 minutes.
(d) 35 minutes.

3. What did the 39-minute flight make the Flyer III?
(a) The first airplane to cross a field.
(b) The first practical airplane.
(c) The first cargo airplane.
(d) The first commercial airplane.

4. Who did Wilbur and Orville contact after their successful flight?
(a) Their mother.
(b) Thir agent.
(c) Their sister.
(d) Their father.

5. What did the Wright brothers have to design?
(a) The injection system.
(b) The propellers.
(c) A carburetor that works when the plane is upside down.
(d) The fuel.

6. Where did Orville go to to fix the shafts issues?
(a) Dayton.
(b) Topika.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.

7. What did the Wright brothers' first prospect want from them?
(a) A technique to launch planes from boats.
(b) The loan of a plane.
(c) A demonstration.
(d) Planes capable of carrying 10 soldiers.

8. How long did the Wright brothers go without flying after 1905 according to Chapter 8?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

9. What did the Wright brothers do when they returned home?
(a) Built another flyer.
(b) Took a picture of them in flight.
(c) Contacted the war department.
(d) Wrote a press release.

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

11. 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 chose the one with the more experience.
(d) They strong-armed it.

12. Why did the Wright brothers refuse to give their prospect what they wanted?
(a) They were afraid of people stealing their design.
(b) They wanted to be paid in advance.
(c) They refused to sell the exclusivity.
(d) They didn't think it was possible.

13. What would need to be done to solve the problem of the awry flights?
(a) Make the wind lighter.
(b) Put the pilot on the top wing.
(c) Make the tail movable.
(d) Have wheels instead of skids for landing.

14. What took 5 months to design?
(a) The fuel.
(b) The injection system.
(c) A carburator that works when the plane is upside down.
(d) The propeller.

15. Who was offered the right to the Wrights' plane first?
(a) The U.S. War Department.
(b) The Pony Express.
(c) Federal Express.
(d) The U.S. Post Office.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was the testing of the Wrights' new glider postponed from August to September?

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

4. What was the weight of the Wright brothers' largest glider after running their wing experiments?

5. Who tried to convince the Wright brothers to fly publicly?

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