The Wright Brothers

Comprehension Check: Question 1

What or who was called "Flying Man"?

• the toy helicopter that was given to Wilbur and Orville

• Otto Lilienthal, the German engineer

• the Wright brothers' powered airplane

• Orville Write

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Comprehension Check: Question 2

When Orville and Wilbur were in their 20s, they opened a shop where they sold, repaired, and built

• toys

• kites

• gliders

• bicycles

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Comprehension Check: Question 3

The brothers' idea for a way to control an aircraft in the air was inspired by

• their observations of the flying performance of kites.

• the articles and books they read on flying machines.

• the experiments of Otto Lilienthal

• their observations of birds in flight

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Comprehension Check: Question 4

In paragraph two, it says that the Wright brothers read materials on the principles of aeronautics. The term aeronautics refers to the science having to do with

• weather patterns and wind strengths.

• the design, manufacture, and flying of aircraft.

• the testing and operation of engines.

• the balance requirements of bicycles.

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Comprehension Check: Question 5

What was one of the reasons that the Wright brothers tested their powered airplane at Kill Devil Hills?

• It was warmer in North Carolina than it was in Ohio.

• They wanted their airplane to take off from the top of a hill.

• It was an area that had a lot of open space.

• It had the country's best equipped airport.

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Comprehension Check: Question 6

Which was the Wright brothers' longest flight on December 17, 1903?

• the fourth flight

• the first flight

• the third flight

• the second flight

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Comprehension Check: Question 7

Based on what you read in this passage, you can conclude that

• very large crowds watched the Flyer's first flight on that December day.

• the Wright brothers were also the first to fly in the air on gliders.

• only Orville was daring enough to try piloting the Flyer on that December day.

• Orville and Wilbur were very good mechanics.

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Comprehension Check: Question 8

In the last paragraph, it says that the Wright brothers were elated. Which of these is the best synonym for elated?

• ambitious

• envious

• thrilled

• nervous

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Comprehension Booster: Question 1

Use the Five W's chart you filled out to organize the key information associated with the historical event that is described in the last two paragraphs of this passage.

Who?

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Comprehension Booster: Question 1

Use the Five W's chart you filled out to organize the key information associated with the historical event that is described in the last two paragraphs of this passage.

When?

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