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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, "Fly a Crooked Sky".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) They are angry.
(b) They are understanding.
(c) They are distraught.
(d) They are disbelieving.

3. How is Frank affected by his parents' divorce?
(a) His teachers feel sorry for him because of the divorce.
(b) His mother refuses to let Frank live with her.
(c) His father tries to use Frank to woo his mother back.
(d) His siblings blame Frank for the divorce.

4. How does Frank get his pilot's license?
(a) He buys one from a company that prints licenses.
(b) He forges one himself using a typewriter.
(c) He steals one from a pilot and adds his own name.
(d) He has a plaque made and then has the plaque copied.

5. How does Frank pay for his hotel bill while he is traveling as a pilot?
(a) He has the hotels bill Pan Am for his rooms.
(b) He uses a Pan Am check that he forges.
(c) He uses a phony check.
(d) He uses a real check from an overdrawn account.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Frank earn a decent living at an ordinary job?

2. Why does Frank want to deadhead on a flight out of New York City?

3. What skills does Frank have that serve him well if he goes back to school?

4. How does Frank's father's financial situation change during the first chapter?

5. What mistake does Frank's father have expunged from Frank's record?

(see the answer key)

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