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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 does Bishop Wright compare his inseparable sons to?
(a) Siamese twins.
(b) Cat and dog.
(c) Twins.
(d) Black and white.
2. What happened on May 14, 1908?
(a) The Wright brothers flew a 20-man plane.
(b) The Wright brothers flew a 4-man plane.
(c) The Wright brothers flew a 2-man plane.
(d) The Wright brothers flew a 10-man plane.
3. How many of the Wrights' flights went awry with their largest glider?
(a) 5 in 50.
(b) 1 in 50.
(c) 1 in 500.
(d) 1 in 25.
4. When did the U.S. Signal Corps sign a contract with the Wright brothers?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1909.
(d) 1910.
5. How many flights did Wilbur make in Camp D'Auvours?
(a) Over 25.
(b) Over 100.
(c) Over 1000.
(d) Over 500.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Bishop Wright write after receiving the telegram from his sons in Chapter 7?
2. What did the Wright brothers do when they returned home?
3. When did the Wright brothers start working at Huffman Prairie?
4. When did Orville returned to Kill Devil Hills?
5. What caused frustration for the Wrights?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Katherine write to her father?
2. What did the Wright brothers realize upon their return to Ohio in Chapter 5?
3. What happened for the next two and a half years according to Chapter 8?
4. What were the dimensions on the largest glider?
5. What problems did the brothers encounter?
6. What happened for the first time at the end of May?
7. What did Wilbur and Orville do with success?
8. What did the Wright brothers work on in the spring of 1904?
9. What did Wilbur and Orville decide to build themselves?
10. What was clear about the Wright Flyer being considered a practical airplane?
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