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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 happened during the two times reporters came to see the Wright brothers fly?
(a) The journalist asked for a free tour to write a story.
(b) One of the journalists was killed.
(c) The plane did not take off.
(d) The plane crash.

2. What happened during the first test flight of the new plane?
(a) The plane land in water.
(b) The plane stall.
(c) The plane flip over.
(d) The plane hit the ground.

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

4. What did Bishop Wright write after receiving the telegram from his sons in Chapter 7?
(a) A letter to their financial backer.
(b) A letter to their agent.
(c) A press statement.
(d) A letter to the war department.

5. How did Wilbur take the answer of its first prospect?
(a) Well.
(b) He was estatic.
(c) He did not care.
(d) Poorly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the flights in August last?

2. What made the second attempt the first powered flight?

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

4. What would need to be done to solve the problem of the awry flights?

5. Who witnessed Wilbur's first flight with the flyer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Wilbur write to manufacturers about?

2. What did Katherine write to her father?

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

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

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

6. What happened on November 9?

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

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

9. What was clear about the Wright Flyer being considered a practical airplane?

10. What did the Wright Brothers know about a motor in Chapter 6?

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