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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 horse carriage.
(b) By car.
(c) By plane.
(d) By train.

2. Where did George Cayley live?
(a) Sweden.
(b) France.
(c) America.
(d) Britain.

3. Where was Wilbur born?
(a) Indiana.
(b) New York.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Utha.

4. How long did the press say it would take for men to fly?
(a) 1 to 10 million years.
(b) 10 million years.
(c) 2 to 10 million years.
(d) 5 to 10 million years.

5. What was Samuel Langley the head of?
(a) The US War Department.
(b) The U.S. travel department.
(c) The Smithsonian Insitution.
(d) The U.S. Post Office.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Wright brothers return to Kitty Hawk next?

2. How many siblings did the Wright brothers have?

3. Who was Icarus' father?

4. Who was piloting the flying machine Amos Root came to see in Chapter 1?

5. How many years did Langley spend testing models before choosing a design?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Wright Cycle Company?

2. What did Wilbur say the brothers did since childhood at the start of Chapter 2?

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

4. What three basic requirements did the Wright brothers notice were necessary for a flying machine?

5. Where was Wilbur Wright when Root arrived?

6. Why was Root proud?

7. Who was Dr. Samuel Pierpoint Langley?

8. What did Amos Root hear of according to Chapter 1?

9. Who was Icarus?

10. What did the brothers always have a knack for?

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