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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. What did the Wright brothers decide to do about the data concerning flight?
(a) To only rely on their own data.
(b) Only rely on older data.
(c) Only rely on unprocessed data.
(d) Only rely on the latest.

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

7. What happened during the two times reporters came to see the Wright brothers fly?
(a) The journalist asked for a free tour to write a story.
(b) One of the journalists was killed.
(c) The plane did not take off.
(d) The plane crash.

8. What happened during the first test flight of the new plane?
(a) The plane stall.
(b) The plane hit the ground.
(c) The plane flip over.
(d) The plane land in water.

9. When did Wilbur have his first turn with the new flyer?
(a) September 25th.
(b) September 15th.
(c) September 30th.
(d) September 20th.

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

11. What was the weight of the Wright brothers' largest glider after running their wing experiments?
(a) Less than 80 lbs.
(b) Less than 120 lbs.
(c) :ess than 90 lbs.
(d) Less than 100 lbs.

12. What happened on May 14, 1908?
(a) The Wright brothers flew a 20-man plane.
(b) The Wright brothers flew a 10-man plane.
(c) The Wright brothers flew a 2-man plane.
(d) The Wright brothers flew a 4-man plane.

13. How many flights did Wilbur make in Camp D'Auvours?
(a) Over 25.
(b) Over 100.
(c) Over 500.
(d) Over 1000.

14. How long after the first trial did the second trial take place?
(a) 12 days later.
(b) 6 days later.
(c) 8 days later.
(d) 15 days later.

15. When did Orville returned to Kill Devil Hills?
(a) December 1904.
(b) December 1905.
(c) December 1906.
(d) December 1903.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after their flight did Wilbur and Orville contact a family member?

2. What took 5 months to design?

3. What did the Wright brothers do on sunny days at Kill Devil Hills?

4. What did the Wright brothers know they wouldn't do at the start of Chapter 6?

5. Who was offered the right to the Wrights' plane first?

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