The Right Stuff Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 174 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Right Stuff Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 174 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the second Russian cosmonaut in space for?

2. What does Kennedy insist on as NASA's next focus?

3. What is the new moon program called?

4. Which two astronauts are selected to be the backup astronauts?

5. Why is Alan Shepard grounded?

Short Essay Questions

1. What worries the astronauts the most about Project Mercury potentially losing funding?

2. The wives had barely started getting settled into their new homes in Houston when something extraordinary starts happening. What is it?

3. In Chapter 15, what does John Glenn argue with James Webb about?

4. What is the effect on Shepard of having so many pre-flight simulations?

5. Why are the American politicians and reporters alarmed by the Russian's flight?

6. What does Shepard see as the main differences between the actual flight and the centrifuge's simulated flights?

7. For the third space flight, the astronaut's wife decided to write her own story for Life magazine. The magazine rents her a "safe house" to watch the launch from so no one knows where she and her children are. Why does this action upset Shorty Powers?

8. When NASA grounds Deke Slayton, the press refers to him as being "keenly disappointed." How is Slayton actually feeling?

9. What becomes an immutable part of the flight day drill for the astronaut's wife?

10. The evening before the second Mercury flight, Joe Walker runs into Gus Grissom. Walker tries to get Grissom's goat by insisting that the X-15 program will soon pass the Mercury program and that he and the other Edwards pilots are the "real" pilots. Why do these remarks not bother Grissom at all?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book, the "pyramid" is discussed.

a. Define what the "pyramid" and how each group (Edwards' pilots vs. Mercury's astronauts) ranked on the period before Mercury is underway, during Project Mercury, and at the conclusion of the Project.

b. Identify and discuss three events that occur (both at Edwards and at NASA) to change and redefine the perception of both the pilots and the astronauts.

Essay Topic 2

To say that the Original Seven astronauts were looked up to would be a gross understatement; they were adored and admired national heroes. Yet, in spite of their fame, they only had one magazine, Life, that told their stories.

a. What were the reasons for the press restrictions?

b. Why was Life magazine selected?

c. In today's world, would heroes agree to only one magazine with exclusive coverage? Why or why not?

d. If the intense hype surrounding the astronauts back then surrounded them in today's environment, identify three differences in how the astronauts would have been "marketed" to the nation.

Essay Topic 3

Once the astronauts were selected for Project Mercury, they were no longer military fighter pilots. They became sought-after public figures and national heroes.

a. How did this change their behavior patterns, if at all?

b. What impact did this change have on their families, if any?

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