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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 does Frank decide to do to make it possible for him to cash more bad checks?
(a) He decides to open a new account in a different bank.
(b) He decides to pose as an airline pilot.
(c) He decides to forge some new identification.
(d) He decides to go to more places where he is not known.

2. Why does Frank tell the sales representative that he needs to order 200 I.D. cards when he really only needs one for himself?
(a) At first he thinks he needs 200 cards.
(b) He plans to sell ID cards to other criminals.
(c) So that the salesman believes him.
(d) He wants to keep a few extras just in case.

3. Who is the first victim of Frank's cons?
(a) His friends.
(b) His teacher.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

4. 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.

5. What con does Frank commit at the very beginning of the book?
(a) He tricks the gas station attendant.
(b) He takes a job as a substitute teacher.
(c) He impersonates an airline pilot.
(d) He forges a check.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Frank when he leaves home?

2. How does Frank feel about being sent to reform school?

3. From the tone of the first chapter, how does Frank feels about the choices he makes?

4. Why does Frank pretend to be a representative of Carib Air?

5. How do the bill collector and Frank's father react when they find out he is running up thousands of dollars in charges that he cannot pay?

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