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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. What was the wing span of the Wright brothers' largest glider after running their wing experiments?
(a) 22 feet.
(b) 62 feet.
(c) 42 feet.
(d) 32 feet.

2. 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.

3. What did the Wright brothers start to devise a way to do at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Put two people on the glider.
(b) Add larger wings.
(c) Attach a motor on the glider.
(d) Add a cabine for the pilot.

4. What was the weight of the Wright brothers' largest glider after running their wing experiments?
(a) :ess than 90 lbs.
(b) Less than 120 lbs.
(c) Less than 100 lbs.
(d) Less than 80 lbs.

5. How many flights did Wilbur make in Camp D'Auvours?
(a) Over 1000.
(b) Over 25.
(c) Over 100.
(d) Over 500.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the Wrights' flights went awry with their largest glider?

2. Who did Wilbur and Orville contact after their successful flight?

3. What did the Wright brothers do on sunny days at Kill Devil Hills?

4. Who figured out the problem that made some flight of the glider go awry?

5. How far did Wilbur travel during his 39-minute fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the U.S. War Department turn the Wrights down?

2. What happened for the next two and a half years according to Chapter 8?

3. What did the Wright brothers write at the start of Chapter 7?

4. What problems did the brothers encounter?

5. What happened on November 9?

6. What were the dimensions on the largest glider?

7. What record did Wilbur set on October 5, 1905?

8. What did the Wright brothers work on in the spring of 1904?

9. What did Katherine write to her father?

10. What was the Wright Flyer III declared?

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