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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the U.S. Signal Corps sign a contract with the Wright brothers?

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

3. When did Wilbur have his first turn with the new flyer?

4. What did the Wright brothers realize concerning the data they had in Chapter 5?

5. What were the Wright brothers waiting for before flying again?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What made Wilbur an international celebrity?

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

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

8. What did Wilbur write to manufacturers about?

9. What did Wilbur and Orville do with success?

10. What did the brothers continue to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the basic requirements that airplanes needed to have based on the Wright brothers' research.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of information gathered from the United States Weather Bureau.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the influence that media had on the development of aviation and how it was both beneficial and detriment

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