Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning

The story begins with 5 year old James playing with what?

• toy airplane

• kite

• toy truck

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In 1905, the newspapers were buzzing with news of an airplane that took off and stayed in the air for 16 minutes. Who were the pilots?

• Buzz Aldrin

• Buzz Lightyear

• Wilbur & Orville Wright

• The Brothers Grimm

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Where was a place that James looked forward to his parents taking the family twice a year?

• Disney World

• camping

• Excelsior Library, in a town that was 82 miles away.

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Although James held on to his dream of becoming a birdman, he opened his own business at the age of 21. What was it?

• auto company

• flight school

• book store

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Banning finally got the answer "yes" when a pilot pushed a broken motorcycle into his shop. What was his question?

• Will you teach me to fly?

• Will you teach me to fly?

• Will you teach me to fly?

• All of the above.

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Just when it was time for James to take his solo flight, what happened to his pilot friend?

• His friend died in a plane crash.

• His friend moved away.

• His friend didn't think he could help him anymore.

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No one would lend Banning a plane to finish his solo hours, so he built one himself.

• True

• False

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Upon Banning's first flight in his newly built plane, what did he shout to the clouds?

• "I'm in the air!"

• "I have sprouted wings!"

• "Look, ma, no hands!"

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A man named William Powell dreamed that freedom in the air would lead to freedom on the ground. Who did he open a flight school for?

• Everyone

• Black men and women

Banning moved to California to work as chief pilot for William Powell's "Bessie Coleman Aero Club."

• True

• False