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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, "The Pilot".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "deadheading"?
(a) Failing to pay a credit card bill.
(b) Tricking a teacher or school with a fake note.
(c) Getting a free ride in the cockpit of an airplane.
(d) Forging a check.

2. How does Frank earn his father's trust?
(a) By getting good grades in school.
(b) By paying off his credit card debt.
(c) By getting a part-time job in a warehouse.
(d) By carrying messages to his mother.

3. How does Frank's father's financial situation change during the first chapter?
(a) He rises from his job as a postal clerk to become a businessman.
(b) He loses his job and is unemployed.
(c) He leaves his job as a businessman and becomes a politician.
(d) He goes from being a businessman to being a postal clerk.

4. What impression might a reader form about Frank's character from the first chapter?
(a) He is very greedy and dreams of having many possessions.
(b) He likes to find creative ways to avoid following the rules.
(c) He does not like to have to think anything through.
(d) He likes to follow the rules and play by the book.

5. Why does Frank pretend to be a representative of Carib Air?
(a) To get a pilot's license made.
(b) To deadhead on a flight.
(c) To get a sample I.D. card made.
(d) To get a pilot's uniform.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event in his personal life serves as the trigger for Frank to become a juvenile delinquent?

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

3. What does Frank decide to do to make it possible for him to cash more bad checks?

4. Why does Frank leave his $1.50/hour job?

5. Why is Frank so determined to raise money?

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