The Right Stuff

Connections to Today's World (The Right Stuff)

P.78 (Thematic Connection)

1. What are three reasons early American settlers came to the country?

P.78 (Literary Connection)

2. What is a "narrative account"?

P.78 (Tom Wolfe)

3. What is Tom Wolfe's, "The Right Stuff," an account of? What do many literary critics consider it to be?

P.79 (The Right Stuff)

4. Critical Viewing: How do you imagine the astronaut's perception of a lift off compared to the spectators?

5. According to footnote #1, what is adrenaline?

P. 80 (The Right Stuff)

6. Build Vocabulary: What does it mean for something to be "obliterated"?

7. Build Vocabulary: What is "trajectory"?

P. 81 (The Right Stuff - Check Your Comprehension)

8. What does Glenn find so strange about his reaction to lift off?

9. What had Shepard and Grissom told Glenn about their space experience?

10. Why does Glenn radio the comment, "That view is tremendous"?