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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, "Does This Tab Include the Tip?".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it so hard for the FBI to find out anything about Frank?
(a) None of their usual informants know who he is.
(b) His checks are very good forgeries.
(c) The phony checks are never left in the same place twice.
(d) He is very average-looking and no one can describe him.

2. What incident scares Frank into thinking about resigning?
(a) He gets bored with the practice of medicine.
(b) He becomes faint at the sight of blood.
(c) A nurse becomes suspicious of him.
(d) He doesn't know what to do for a blue baby.

3. How does Frank convince the bank teller to give him the original check?
(a) He tells her that it is evidence in a prosecution.
(b) He photocopies it for her.
(c) He tells her that he gives it back later.
(d) He takes it when she is not paying attention.

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

5. How does Frank add to his university lectures?
(a) He asks his students to tell stories from their experience.
(b) He makes up stories to illustrate points in the text.
(c) He goes to the library to find more information.
(d) He tells stories based on his own experiences.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Frank find out what a "blue baby" is?

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

3. Why does Frank tell the sales representative that he needs to order 200 I.D. cards when he really only needs one for himself?

4. Why does Frank's plan work?

5. What kind of a deal does Frank make with the gas station attendant?

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