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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, "How to Tour Europe on a Felony a Day".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Frank find out that he does not yet know enough about being a pilot?
(a) He is not allowed to deadhead on flights at first.
(b) He tests his new identity before trying it out.
(c) He meets a TWA pilot who is suspicious of him.
(d) He is stopped by airport security because his I.D. is not correct.

2. Why does Frank agree to take the bar and start posing as a lawyer?
(a) He is excited by the challenge.
(b) He needs the money.
(c) He cannot think of anything else to do.
(d) He wants to be a lawyer.

3. What incident scares Frank into thinking about resigning?
(a) He gets bored with the practice of medicine.
(b) He becomes faint at the sight of blood.
(c) A nurse becomes suspicious of him.
(d) He doesn't know what to do for a blue baby.

4. Why does Frank's plan work?
(a) Because it relies on the kindness of strangers.
(b) Because it is impossible to detect.
(c) Because it is so brazen.
(d) Because it is so simple.

5. How does Frank find out about airline procedures and routines?
(a) He starts his con and learns as he goes along.
(b) He poses as a high school reporter and interviews a captain.
(c) He reads Pan Am's travel brochures.
(d) He hangs out in the airport and watches what flight crews do.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank tell the Pan Am stores clerk about what happens to his wings and hat emblem?

2. How does Frank earn a living when he first runs away from home?

3. What does Frank decide to do after traveling through the western United States?

4. What explanation does Frank give the state's attorney's office for his decision to stop working as a pilot?

5. What does Frank tell his girlfriend when he leaves town and abandons his job as a lawyer?

(see the answer key)

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