Wilbur and Orville Wright were the sons of Bishop Milton Wright and Susan Wright.

Their father often held family debates, with two family members defending one side.

Then, they would switch and defend the other side.

One brother seemed to provide what the other one lacked.

A. their love for studying birds

B. their favorite pastime of cycling

C. the toy helicopter that their father gave them

D. Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone

A. Orville was much more interested in printing jobs that Wilbur was.

B. They succeeded despite not receiving formal education beyond high school.

C. The printing of the family's newspaper is what inspired them to begin cycling.

D. Wilbur's hockey injury caused him to become much more depndent on Orville.

A. This was the part of the place that closed the pilot into the plane.

B. This was an important safety mechanism for the aircraft builders.

C. This is the part of the plane that was created from the axis of the elevator.

D. This was the control that was used to manage the up and down movements of the plane.

A. They were being told to stop by other inventors.

B. They were not giving up even though things were getting difficult.

C. They were having trouble understanding how to make the plane fly.

D. They were not interested in long flights that lasted longer than a minute.

A. It is a document that keeps up with your work for you.

B. It is a type of wing that was originally used on an airplane.

C. It is a flat box of wood that is used as a jumping-off point for a plane.

D. It is a document that keeps others from stealing ideas and claiming them as their own.

A. by sharing details of testing different designs

B. by describing the brothers' study of others' research

C. by detailing the brothers' defense of themselves in legal actions

D. by explaining the reason for Orville's decision to leave high school

E. by emphasizing the impact of mechanics upon the creating of propellers

A. The Wright brothers believed that previous pilots were unskilled flyers.

B. The Wright brothers were motivated by a strong desire to achieve goals.

C. The Wright brothers believe that most inventions begin as simple toys.

D. The Wright brothers were more creative than other designers of their time.

A."The toy was based on a prototype by a French designer who had already researched aeronautics in the 1800's."(paragraph 1)

B. "When Otto Lilienthal died while flying a glider in 1896, Orville and Wilbur began to think more about the science of aeronautics and flight."(Paragraph 3)

C. "When they tested this design in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, they failed to get the desired results, so they continued revising their designs." (Paragraph 3)

D. "They finally succeeded in getting the patent in 1906, but other aviators and inventors, including Alexander Graham Bell, made their own claims to the design." (Paragraph 6)

CHOICE 1 ( design)

CHOICE 1( pilot)

CHOICE 1 (wings)

CHOICE 2: (axis)

CHOICE 2: (construction)