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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. What happened during the first test flight of the new plane?

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

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

4. What did Bishop Wright compare his sons' reading habits to?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What made Wilbur an international celebrity?

4. What did the Wright brothers write at the start of Chapter 7?

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

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

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

8. What were the dimensions on the largest glider?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the aircraft developed by the Wright brothers with that made today.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Choose two aviators other than the Wright brothers and compare and contrast their methods.

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