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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 Wright brothers start working at Huffman Prairie?

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

3. Why were the customers of the bike shop forced to wait outside the shop?

4. How long after Lilienthal's fatal accident did the Wright brothers fly?

5. What caused frustration for the Wrights?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened on November 9?

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

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

6. What did the brothers continue to do?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role that family played in the life of the Wright brothers.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the different business ventures created by the Wright brothers.

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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