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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. Why does Frank have a checking account?
(a) He never has a checking account; he only pretends he does.
(b) He has to have a checking account to get a job.
(c) He starts his own account when he gets his first job.
(d) His father sets one up for him a year earlier.

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

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

4. What is Frank's biggest complaint about the reformatory?
(a) His freedom is restricted.
(b) He misses his family.
(c) There is nothing to do for fun.
(d) There are no girls.

5. How does Frank earn a living when he first runs away from home?
(a) He lives off money sent to him by his parents.
(b) He supports himself writing bad checks.
(c) He takes a job in a stationery store for $1.50 an hour.
(d) He works part-time in a warehouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a deal does Frank make with the gas station attendant?

2. What does Frank learn from watching his father's business dealings?

3. If Frank gets a regular job, which of the following professions do you think he is best suited for?

4. What con does Frank commit at the very beginning of the book?

5. How does Frank get his pilot's license?

(see the answer key)

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