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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) 16 horsepower and less than 150 pound.
(b) 8 horsepower and less than 150 pound.
(c) 20 horsepower and less than 200 pound.
(d) 8 horsepower and less than 200 pound.

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

3. Where was the new motorized glider assembled?
(a) Boston.
(b) Kill Devil Hills.
(c) In Maine.
(d) In Ohio.

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

5. What did the plane motor have to be?
(a) Heavy to avoid vibration problems.
(b) Light and powerful.
(c) As light as possible.
(d) Powerful.

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

7. How many times did Wilbur circle the Huffman Prairie during his 39-minute flight?
(a) 25 times.
(b) 30 times.
(c) 15 times.
(d) 53 times.

8. Why were the customers of the bike shop forced to wait outside the shop?
(a) The brothers wanted to keep their work a secret.
(b) The Wright brothers took over most of the shop for their plane project.
(c) The customers were afraid of the plane.
(d) The brothers where using dangerous chemical.

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

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

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

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

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

14. What made the second attempt the first powered flight?
(a) The machine climbed up.
(b) The plane had a motor.
(c) The machine moved forward without reduction of speed.
(d) The motor was running during flight.

15. What was the contract between the U.S. Signal Corp and the Wright brothers for?
(a) A 20-man plane.
(b) A 2-man plane.
(c) A 10-man plane.
(d) A 4-man plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Wright brothers have to design?

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

3. What were the Wright brothers waiting for before flying again?

4. Why did the Wright Brothers have to build a new frame for the powered aircraft?

5. What did the Wright brothers decide after contacting their first prospect?

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