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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Orville's temperament?
(a) Gregarious.
(b) Soft spoken.
(c) Hard headed.
(d) Quiet.

2. When was Ed Sines promoted as manger of the bike shop?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1895.

3. When did George Cayley build the first successful model gliders?
(a) 1804.
(b) 1807.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1812.

4. What education did the Wright brothers have?
(a) They were home schooled.
(b) Never went to school.
(c) College.
(d) Never finished high school.

5. When did the Wrights' mother die?
(a) 1886.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1887.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Icarus' father?

2. How long after Wilbur did Orville arrive in Kitty Hawk?

3. What did Orville and Wilbur do together as children according to Chapter 2?

4. What were the two approaches to studying flight in the late 1800s?

5. When was Wilbur born?

(see the answer key)

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