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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Wright brothers decide to do about the data concerning flight?
(a) Only rely on unprocessed data.
(b) Only rely on the latest.
(c) To only rely on their own data.
(d) Only rely on older data.

2. How long did the Wright brothers take to do their wing experiments?
(a) Several days.
(b) Several hours.
(c) Several years.
(d) Several weeks.

3. How did the Wright brothers contact their family member at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) By telegram.
(b) By courrier.
(c) By phone.
(d) By mail.

4. Why would the flyer not be considered a practical plane?
(a) It would not take cargo.
(b) It could only fly for 5 minutes.
(c) It used regular fuel.
(d) It could only fly in a straight line.

5. What did the Wright brothers know they wouldn't do at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) Attach any motor on one of the glider.
(b) Add a wood cabin for the pilot.
(c) Add larger fabric wings.
(d) Put three people on a plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Wright brothers arrive at Kill Devil Hills?

2. How long did the flights in August last?

3. How long was Wilbur's flight around the Huffman Prairie on November 9th?

4. How far was the plane for the U.S. Signal Corp made by the Wright brothers supposed to fly?

5. How many wing models did the Wright brothers test?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems did the brothers encounter?

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

3. What did Wilbur and Orville do with success?

4. What were the dimensions on the largest glider?

5. What was the Wright Flyer III declared?

6. What did the brothers continue to do?

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

8. What made Wilbur an international celebrity?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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