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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Frank's biggest complaint about the reformatory?
(a) There is nothing to do for fun.
(b) There are no girls.
(c) His freedom is restricted.
(d) He misses his family.

3. What con does Frank commit at the very beginning of the book?
(a) He forges a check.
(b) He impersonates an airline pilot.
(c) He takes a job as a substitute teacher.
(d) He tricks the gas station attendant.

4. What does Frank do for a living when he first moves into the River Bend complex?
(a) He gets a part-time job in a local warehouse.
(b) He immediately starts working as a pediatrician.
(c) He doesn't earn any money; he just enjoys the single life.
(d) He continues to pose as a pilot but stops deadheading.

5. Why does Frank decide to pose as a pediatrician?
(a) He knows the FBI is looking for a fake pilot.
(b) He hopes he can earn a good income as a doctor.
(c) He happens to meet a doctor who works at a local hospital.
(d) He wants to be a doctor.

6. Why do the interns like to have Frank supervising them?
(a) They think he lets them get away with anything.
(b) They hope to learn from his medical expertise.
(c) They like him because he jokes a lot.
(d) They think he has confidence in them as doctors.

7. What skills does Frank have that serve him well if he goes back to school?
(a) Math.
(b) Art.
(c) Research.
(d) Writing.

8. How does Frank feel about being treated like a gopher?
(a) He is offended not to have a chance to prove himself.
(b) He is relieved not to have to practice law.
(c) He is determined to prove that he is capable.
(d) He is happy to be left to focus on other things.

9. Why does Frank accept the job as a supervising resident, even though he knows that he is not qualified to practice medicine?
(a) He thinks he knows enough about medicine to fake it.
(b) The hospital tells him he does not actually have to practice medicine.
(c) He needs the money while he is living in Atlanta.
(d) He thinks that he learns the job as he goes along by watching the interns.

10. Why does Frank decide to stop posing as a pilot for a while?
(a) He is tired of flying around the country and wants to settle down.
(b) He wants to see what other professions he can pass himself off as.
(c) He is arrested in New Orleans for having suspicious credentials.
(d) One of his phony checks is not accepted when he tries to cash it.

11. Why does Frank leave his $1.50/hour job?
(a) He cannot live on that amount of money.
(b) He is afraid his boss finds out he is forging checks.
(c) He does not like working for a living.
(d) He hopes to find a job where he meets more girls.

12. How does Frank feel about being sent to reform school?
(a) He uses it as a chance to learn more about being a con artist.
(b) He likes the reform school better than living at home.
(c) He feels it is unfair because his father forgives him.
(d) He feels angry and tries to escape.

13. How does Frank get his pilot's license?
(a) He buys one from a company that prints licenses.
(b) He forges one himself using a typewriter.
(c) He has a plaque made and then has the plaque copied.
(d) He steals one from a pilot and adds his own name.

14. How does Frank earn a living when he first runs away from home?
(a) He lives off money sent to him by his parents.
(b) He takes a job in a stationery store for $1.50 an hour.
(c) He supports himself writing bad checks.
(d) He works part-time in a warehouse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Frank avoid leaving a trail at his apartment building?

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

3. How does Frank get a temporary license to practice medicine in Georgia?

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

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

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