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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 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.

2. Why does Frank decide to live with his father?
(a) He is angry with his mother for moving out.
(b) He gets along better with his father than his mother.
(c) He pities his father, who still loves his mother.
(d) He does not want to live with his siblings.

3. Where does Frank get the Pan Am logo for his I.D. card?
(a) He takes it from a Pan Am brochure.
(b) He draws it himself and puts it on his card.
(c) He takes it off a model airplane from a hobby shop.
(d) He gets it from the company that makes the I.D. cards.

4. What does Frank learn from watching his father's business dealings?
(a) It is easy to con a businessman.
(b) Businessmen never drink while they work.
(c) Alcohol and business do not mix.
(d) Alcohol encourages businessmen to make deals.

5. Why does deadheading to Dallas give Frank a nervous moment?
(a) The Dallas FAA tower becomes suspicious of Frank.
(b) The stewardess asks if he knows a Pan Am pilot who she flies with.
(c) He learns that Pan Am does not fly out of Dallas.
(d) He does not know the answers to questions the pilots ask on the way.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following groups of people is NOT conned by Frank?

2. How does Frank's father react to his reversal in fortune?

3. How long does Frank usually stay in a new apartment?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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