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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Frank prepare to teach sociology courses?
(a) He studies sociology in the library.
(b) He audits some courses taught by the head of the deparment.
(c) He makes it up as he goes along.
(d) He takes courses at another university.

2. What does Frank give as his address when he stays at hotels?
(a) He makes up a phony address.
(b) He lists whatever hotel he stays at last.
(c) He gives General Delivery, New York as his address.
(d) He lists Pan Am's address in New York.

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

4. What is "deadheading"?
(a) Failing to pay a credit card bill.
(b) Forging a check.
(c) Tricking a teacher or school with a fake note.
(d) Getting a free ride in the cockpit of an airplane.

5. Why doesn't Frank worry that the hotels may call the police?
(a) He is certain that as a juvenile, he cannot be charged.
(b) He feels sure that his crimes are small compared to others they must solve.
(c) He is certain he leaves no trail for police to follow.
(d) He thinks that he is several steps ahead of the police.

6. How does Frank manage to keep track of the information he collects?
(a) He does not bother to keep track of it all.
(b) He takes notes in a notebook.
(c) He uses an electronic organizer.
(d) He keeps it all in his head.

7. How is Frank affected by his parents' divorce?
(a) His father tries to use Frank to woo his mother back.
(b) His mother refuses to let Frank live with her.
(c) His teachers feel sorry for him because of the divorce.
(d) His siblings blame Frank for the divorce.

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

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

10. Why does Frank enjoy attending a Methodist church?
(a) He has the chance to work with kids as a volunteer.
(b) He knows that many of his clients are Methodists.
(c) He is genuinely interested in becoming a Methodist.
(d) He hopes to meet women at church.

11. What technology, which does not exist at the time, might have stopped Frank's crime spree?
(a) Pagers.
(b) Cell phones.
(c) Video surveillance cameras.
(d) Computer networking.

12. Why does Frank's plan work?
(a) Because it is impossible to detect.
(b) Because it is so brazen.
(c) Because it relies on the kindness of strangers.
(d) Because it is so simple.

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

14. What does Frank tell the Pan Am stores clerk about what happens to his wings and hat emblem?
(a) This is his first pair.
(b) His two-year-old took them.
(c) He loses them.
(d) They are stolen.

15. From the tone of the first chapter, how does Frank feels about the choices he makes?
(a) He deeply regrets ever turning to crime.
(b) He is proud of his resourcefulness.
(c) He feels ashamed about betraying his father's trust.
(d) He dreams about other paths he takes.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Frank accept the job as a supervising resident, even though he knows that he is not qualified to practice medicine?

4. Why does Frank decide to pose as a pediatrician?

5. Why does Frank feel safe from the law while he is working as an attorney?

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