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

2. Which of the following groups of people is NOT conned by Frank?
(a) Hotel staff.
(b) The police.
(c) Stewardesses.
(d) Pilots and copilots.

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

4. Why can't Frank earn a decent living at an ordinary job?
(a) He is a wanted criminal.
(b) He is not good at learning new things.
(c) He never gets his high school diploma.
(d) He is too young to get a good job.

5. Why does Frank think he doesn't get in much trouble if he is caught?
(a) He does not committed a violent crime.
(b) He is still a juvenile.
(c) He does not steal very much money.
(d) He does not realize what he does is illegal.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does deadheading to Dallas give Frank a nervous moment?

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

5. How does Frank earn his father's trust?

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