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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 drawback did Huffman Prairie have?
(a) It was flat.
(b) It was swampy.
(c) It was hilly.
(d) It was small.

2. When did Wilbur have his first turn with the new flyer?
(a) September 15th.
(b) September 25th.
(c) September 20th.
(d) September 30th.

3. When did Orville returned to Kill Devil Hills?
(a) December 1903.
(b) December 1905.
(c) December 1906.
(d) December 1904.

4. What did the Wright brothers do on sunny days at Kill Devil Hills?
(a) Flew the 1903 glider.
(b) Flew the 1906 glider.
(c) Flew the 1904 glider.
(d) Flew the 1902 glider.

5. When did the Wright brothers arrive at Kill Devil Hills?
(a) September 1904.
(b) September 1906.
(c) September 1903.
(d) September 1905.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened on May 14, 1908?

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

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

4. How far did Wilbur travel during his 39-minute fight?

5. How many times did Wilbur circle the Huffman Prairie during his 39-minute flight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What made Wilbur an international celebrity?

3. What did Katherine write to her father?

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

5. What was clear about the Wright Flyer being considered a practical airplane?

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

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

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

9. What did Wilbur and Orville do with success?

10. What did the brothers continue to do?

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