View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Wright brothers start to devise a way to do at the end of Chapter 5?

2. What happened during the two times reporters came to see the Wright brothers fly?

3. What was the contract between the U.S. Signal Corp and the Wright brothers for?

4. What was the weight of the Wright brothers' largest glider after running their wing experiments?

5. What characteristics did the Wright brothers want for their engine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Katherine write to her father?

2. What did the brothers continue to do?

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

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

5. What happened on November 9?

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

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

8. What were the dimensions on the largest glider?

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

10. What did Wilbur and Orville do with success?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the role that observation and research played in the development of the Wright brothers' aircraft.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role that Octave Chanute had in the success of the Wright brothers.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 623 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample