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

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

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

4. How long after their flight did Wilbur and Orville contact a family member?
(a) 4 days after.
(b) 12 days after.
(c) The next day.
(d) 2 days after.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Wright brothers know they wouldn't do at the start of Chapter 6?

2. How long did the flight during the second trial last?

3. What did Bishop Wright write after receiving the telegram from his sons in Chapter 7?

4. How fast was the plane for the U.S. Signal Corp made by the Wright brothers supposed to fly?

5. What did the plane motor have to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Wright brothers realize upon their return to Ohio in Chapter 5?

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

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

4. What did Wilbur and Orville decide to build themselves?

5. What was the Wright Flyer III declared?

6. What did Wilbur and Orville send a telegram about to their father?

7. What happened on November 9?

8. What were the dimensions on the largest glider?

9. What did the brothers build to test different types of wing surfaces?

10. What did Orville figure out while lying in bed one night?

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