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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 Langley try the full size version of his plane for the first time?

2. When did the Wright brothers return to Kitty Hawk next?

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

4. What was the Wrights' mother's name?

5. Where was Orville born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the difference between the Wright brother's glider and that of Chanute and Lilienthal?

2. What did Bishop Wright say about his sons regarding who contributed the most to the business?

3. What was Sir George Cayley known for?

4. What was the Wright Cycle Company?

5. What three basic requirements did the Wright brothers notice were necessary for a flying machine?

6. Who was Dr. Samuel Pierpoint Langley?

7. What did the brothers always have a knack for?

8. Why was Root proud?

9. What did Wilbur need to know to find good test locations?

10. What did Wilbur say the brothers did since childhood at the start of Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role that audiences like Amos Root had during tests held by the Wright brothers.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the impact that Lieutenant Thomas Selfridges' death had on the progress made by the Wright brothers.

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