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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was the Wrights' glider sent to Kitty Hawk?
(a) By car.
(b) By train.
(c) By plane.
(d) By horse carriage.

2. When was Wilbur born?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1871.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1870.

3. Who did Root compare the Wright brothers to in his articles?
(a) Mark Walace.
(b) Christopher Columbus.
(c) Fransisco de Gama.
(d) Icarus.

4. When was Orville born?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1871.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1867.

5. How much did the U.S. Army give Langley to continue his work on planes?
(a) $ 30,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $ 40,000.
(d) $20,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many siblings did the Wright brothers have?

2. When did Wilbur arrive in Kitty Hawk?

3. What did the Lilienthal glider look like?

4. What were Kitty Hawk's giant sand dunes known as?

5. What was the magazine Amos Root published his article about the Wright's flight about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Root proud?

2. Who was Dr. Samuel Pierpoint Langley?

3. What did Wilbur need to know to find good test locations?

4. What did Wilbur request from the Smithsonian Institute according to Chapter 4?

5. How were the Wright brothers different?

6. What was the Wright Cycle Company?

7. What did Root do upon returning to Medina, Ohio?

8. What happened to Lilienthal in 1896?

9. What did Otto Lilienthal pioneer according to Chapter 3?

10. Where was Wilbur Wright when Root arrived?

(see the answer keys)

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