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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many manufacturers were able to provide an engine to the Wright's specifications?
(a) 1.
(b) None.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

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

4. What did people around Huffman Prairie begin to take notice of in late 1905?
(a) Strange accidents.
(b) Large planes flying overhead.
(c) Military officials coming and going.
(d) Flying saucers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. How many wing models did the Wright brothers test?
(a) 200.
(b) 40.
(c) 350.
(d) 250.

15. How far was the plane for the U.S. Signal Corp made by the Wright brothers supposed to fly?
(a) 400 miles.
(b) 125 miles.
(c) 150 miles.
(d) 200 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made the second attempt the first powered flight?

2. What does Bishop Wright compare his inseparable sons to?

3. Who witnessed Wilbur's first flight with the flyer?

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

5. What did the Wright brothers decide to do about the data concerning flight?

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