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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What were the Wright brothers waiting for before flying again?
(a) Patents to be awarded.
(b) For the Flyer 4 to be built.
(c) The media to pay attention.
(d) The plane to sold.

3. Who tried to convince the Wright brothers to fly publicly?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Chanute.
(c) Langley.
(d) Bishop Wright.

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

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

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

7. How many of the Wrights' flights went awry with their largest glider?
(a) 1 in 50.
(b) 1 in 25.
(c) 5 in 50.
(d) 1 in 500.

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

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

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

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

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

13. How many times was Wilbur able to circle the Huffman prairie on November 9th?
(a) 4 times.
(b) Twice.
(c) 10 times.
(d) 8 times.

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

15. What did Bishop Wright compare his sons' reading habits to?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A physician.
(c) A librerian.
(d) A mechanic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times did Wilbur circle the Huffman Prairie during his 39-minute flight?

2. What did the Wright brothers' first prospect want from them?

3. When did the Wright brothers arrive at Kill Devil Hills?

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

5. When did the U.S. Signal Corps sign a contract with the Wright brothers?

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