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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. What does Frank do if he suspects the police are starting to catch up with him?
(a) He stays with a girlfriend for a few days.
(b) He deadheads to another city.
(c) He asks around to find out if anyone is looking for him.
(d) He gets a legitimate job for a while.

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

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

4. What does Frank give as his address when he stays at hotels?
(a) He lists whatever hotel he stays at last.
(b) He makes up a phony address.
(c) He gives General Delivery, New York as his address.
(d) He lists Pan Am's address in New York.

5. 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) He plans to sell ID cards to other criminals.
(b) So that the salesman believes him.
(c) He wants to keep a few extras just in case.
(d) At first he thinks he needs 200 cards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does a deadheading pilot sit on a plane?

2. How old is Frank when he leaves home?

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

4. How does Frank find out that he does not yet know enough about being a pilot?

5. What technology, which does not exist at the time, might have stopped Frank's crime spree?

(see the answer key)

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