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

2. How many times did Wilbur circle the Huffman Prairie during his 39-minute flight?
(a) 53 times.
(b) 15 times.
(c) 30 times.
(d) 25 times.

3. Why would the Wright brothers have a clear conscience?
(a) They sold 200 to the U.S. Army.
(b) They tried to sell it to the U.S. government first.
(c) They sold a license to the U.S. Army.
(d) They patented the plane.

4. When did Wilbur have his first turn with the new flyer?
(a) September 25th.
(b) September 30th.
(c) September 15th.
(d) September 20th.

5. How long after Lilienthal's fatal accident did the Wright brothers fly?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 12 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did people around Huffman Prairie begin to take notice of in late 1905?

2. What did the Wright brothers have to design?

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

4. What did the plane motor have to be?

5. What did the Wright brothers decide to do about the data concerning flight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Wright brothers make history with in May 1908?

2. What was the Wright Flyer III declared?

3. What did Katherine write to her father?

4. What problems did the brothers encounter?

5. What made Wilbur an international celebrity?

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

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

8. Where did the brothers arrive in Kill Devil Hills in September 1903?

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

10. What were the dimensions on the largest glider?

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