The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane Test | Final Test - Easy

Russell Freedman
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The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane Test | Final Test - Easy

Russell Freedman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 107 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What drawback did Huffman Prairie have?
(a) It was swampy.
(b) It was small.
(c) It was flat.
(d) It was hilly.

3. 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.

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

5. Why was the testing of the Wrights' new glider postponed from August to September?
(a) They had to wait for good weather.
(b) They had to wait for the glider.
(c) They had to rebuild their shelter.
(d) They had to assemble the glider.

6. When was the Flyer III built?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1909.
(d) 1906.

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

8. 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.

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

10. 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) Have wheels instead of skids for landing.
(d) Make the tail movable.

11. How fast was the plane for the U.S. Signal Corp made by the Wright brothers supposed to fly?
(a) 40 mph minimum.
(b) 50 mph minimum.
(c) 60 mph minimum.
(d) 100 mph minimum.

12. What did the Wright brothers realize concerning the data they had in Chapter 5?
(a) It was unreliable.
(b) It was reliable.
(c) It was very recent.
(d) It was old data.

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

14. When did Wilbur set his 39-minute flight record?
(a) October 5th, 1902.
(b) October 5th, 1906.
(c) October 5th, 1905.
(d) October 5th, 1909.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Wilbur's flight around the Huffman Prairie on November 9th?

2. What did the Wright brothers have to design?

3. Why did the Wright brothers refuse to give their prospect what they wanted?

4. What were the Wright brothers afraid of according to Chapter 8?

5. What caused frustration for the Wrights?

(see the answer keys)

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