First Flight

In paragraph 1, what does "delicate" mean?

• old

• heavy

• easily broken

• easily losy

What in nature gave Wilbur Wright the idea for the glider's wings?

• an airplane's engine

• a difficult puzzle

• the wings of birds

• the wind at Kitty Hawk

Which sentence shows why Kitty Hawk was a good place to test gliders?

• "Wind lifts a glider into the air like a kite."

• "It also had sandy slopes for landing."

• "Finally, the weather calmed."

• "Soon it lifted up into the air."

Which sentence from the passages best explains why the brothers built a bigger glider in 1901?

• "But it couldn't lift a person off the ground."

• "This new glider could lift a person, but it didn't steer well."

• "Now they just had to give their glider an engine."

• "The Wright brothers learned that there were no engines light enough and powerful enough for their plane."

What did the brothers test in the wind tunnel?

• wing shapes

• new gliders

• wind speed

• glider engines

What happened after the brothers built a wind tunnel?

• They tested the wind tunnel at Kitty Hawk.

• They figures out how to steer a glider in the air.

• They decided to build a flying machine.

• They realized they would have to build an engine.

With which statement would the author most likely agree?

• Creating the first airplane was fun and easy.

• The Wright brothers were hardworking and clever.

• The Wright brothers wasted time by trying to build a glider.

• The airplane was an unimportant invention.