Letters of Wilbur Wright Review Quiz

Letters of Wilbur Wright Review Quiz

6th Grade

10 Qs

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Letters of Wilbur Wright Review Quiz

Letters of Wilbur Wright Review Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.6.10, RL.2.6, RL.5.3

+14

Standards-aligned

Created by

Adam Gilbert

Used 222+ times

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The topic of Wilbur's first letter is...

Discussing his interest in building a flying machine

Asking for money to help with his inventions

Applying for an inventor's license

Asking for help with a difficult equation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Wilbur believes that the best creature to look to for inspiration in creating a flying machine is the...

butterfly

bat

bird

fly

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The topic of Wilbur's second letter is...

Boasting to his father of his achievements in the field of flying

Explaining how careful he is being in building his first flying machine

Asking his father for extra money to complete his flying machine

Complaining that his brother Orville is not doing his share of the work

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

In his second letter Wilbur states that "The man who wishes to keep at the problem long enough to really learn anything positively cannot take dangerous risks."

What can a reader infer from this quote about Wilbur?

He believes that the only way to succeed is taking big risks

He understands that injuring yourself with stupid risks will not help you solve a problem

He needs more people to come help him with his flying machine

He is completely unaware of the risks he is taking in building a flying machine

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The length of time between Wilbur's first and second letter is...

two months

five months

eight months

over a year

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The topic of Wilbur's third letter is...

Telling his father how depressed he is in the failure of his flying machine

Explaining to his father the results of his flying experiments so far

Begging his father to find him help for his flying experiments

Telling his father he is giving up on his dream of building a flying machine

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

In his third letter, Wilbur states that the distance their flying machine has covered is "about three times the best of any one else."

What can a reader infer from this statement?

His flying experiments were a complete failure

His flying experiments were somewhat successful

His flying experiments were equal to other inventors

His flying experiments were extremely successful

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

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