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

2. How does Frank get a Pan Am uniform?
(a) He buys a generic uniform and sews stripes onto the cuffs.
(b) He steals one from a pilot's luggage.
(c) He calls Pan Am and tells them his uniform is stolen.
(d) He buys one from a uniform supply store.

3. How does Frank's father react to his reversal in fortune?
(a) He is broken by it.
(b) He is determined to turn things around.
(c) He does not care one way or the other.
(d) He is philosophical about it.

4. What mistake does Frank's father have expunged from Frank's record?
(a) Forging a check.
(b) His credit card scheme.
(c) His arrest for stealing a car.
(d) Truancy from school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Frank pay for his hotel bill while he is traveling as a pilot?

2. Who is the first victim of Frank's cons?

3. What impression might a reader form about Frank's character from the first chapter?

4. Why does Frank pretend to be a representative of Carib Air?

5. What does NOT make Frank nervous the first time he deadheads on a flight?

(see the answer key)

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