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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 after contacting their first prospect?
(a) Make the plane a military secret.
(b) Sell the plane only to americans.
(c) Stop selling the plane.
(d) Sell the plane to whoever wanted it.

2. What did the Wright brothers' first prospect want from them?
(a) A demonstration.
(b) Planes capable of carrying 10 soldiers.
(c) A technique to launch planes from boats.
(d) The loan of a plane.

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

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

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

6. 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 old data.
(d) It was very recent.

7. When did the Wright brothers arrive at Kill Devil Hills?
(a) September 1906.
(b) September 1905.
(c) September 1903.
(d) September 1904.

8. Who did Wilbur and Orville contact after their successful flight?
(a) Thir agent.
(b) Their father.
(c) Their sister.
(d) Their mother.

9. What caused frustration for the Wrights?
(a) Problems with the shaft used as wing support
(b) Problems with the shaft used for control.
(c) Prblems with the wheels shaft.
(d) Problems with the propeller shafts and transmission.

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

11. What did the Wright brothers do on sunny days at Kill Devil Hills?
(a) Flew the 1904 glider.
(b) Flew the 1903 glider.
(c) Flew the 1906 glider.
(d) Flew the 1902 glider.

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

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

14. 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 2-man plane.
(d) The Wright brothers flew a 10-man plane.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Wright brothers have to design?

2. When did Orville returned to Kill Devil Hills?

3. What did the 39-minute flight make the Flyer III?

4. What was the wing span of the Wright brothers' largest glider after running their wing experiments?

5. What was the weight of the Wright brothers' largest glider after running their wing experiments?

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