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 characteristics did the Wright brothers want for their engine?

2. What did the Wright brothers have to design?

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

4. How long after their flight did Wilbur and Orville contact a family member?

5. How did the Wright brothers contact their family member at the end of Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Katherine write to her father?

5. What happened for the first time at the end of May?

6. What did Wilbur and Orville do with success?

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

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

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

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

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 impact that Wilbur Wright's death had on Orville Wright and examine his life after his brother's passing.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship that the Wright brothers had with the United States War Department.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 604 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample