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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Frank agree to take the bar and start posing as a lawyer?
(a) He cannot think of anything else to do.
(b) He wants to be a lawyer.
(c) He needs the money.
(d) He is excited by the challenge.

2. What impression might a reader form about Frank's character from the first chapter?
(a) He likes to follow the rules and play by the book.
(b) He likes to find creative ways to avoid following the rules.
(c) He is very greedy and dreams of having many possessions.
(d) He does not like to have to think anything through.

3. Why does Frank end up leaving his job as an attorney?
(a) He decides that it is time to move on in case the FBI is catching up.
(b) He misses traveling around the country as a pilot.
(c) He meets another Harvard man who becomes suspicious.
(d) He gets tired of being treated like a gopher.

4. What event in his personal life serves as the trigger for Frank to become a juvenile delinquent?
(a) Moving in with his father.
(b) Getting his first credit card.
(c) His parents' divorce.
(d) His first arrest.

5. Why do the hospital doctors and staff think that Frank is very committed to his education?
(a) He is interviewed by a panel of doctors.
(b) He tells them that he is working on a research paper.
(c) He seems to know a lot about pediatric medicine.
(d) He spends a lot of time in the hospital library.

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

7. How does Frank get to know the staff at a pediatric hospital?
(a) He hangs around the hospital to prepare for his new role.
(b) A doctor friend takes him there and introduces him to the staff.
(c) He poses as a student writer and interviews hospital staff members.
(d) He does research on the staff by looking up doctors in the hospital directory.

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

9. Why is Frank forced to pose as a lawyer?
(a) An old girlfriend remembers that he tells her he has a law degree from Harvard.
(b) He wants to find a job where he cannot accidentally kill anyone.
(c) He needs a job that allows him to avoid the FBI.
(d) He is looking for a job that helps him to earn a good salary.

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

11. How does Frank's supervisor at the Attorney General's office treat him?
(a) Like a competent attorney.
(b) Like a future politician.
(c) Like a secretary.
(d) Like a gopher.

12. Which of the following does NOT help Frank to avoid being caught by the FBI while he is living in Atlanta?
(a) Frank researches his new role carefully.
(b) Frank does not need to cash any fake checks.
(c) The FBI are looking in the wrong city.
(d) The FBI are looking for a fake pilot.

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

14. 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) One of his phony checks is not accepted when he tries to cash it.
(c) He is arrested in New Orleans for having suspicious credentials.
(d) He wants to see what other professions he can pass himself off as.

15. How does Frank get a temporary license to practice medicine in Georgia?
(a) He says that he has a license but is never asked to show it.
(b) He copies a license belonging to another doctor.
(c) He forges one himself.
(d) He is interviewed by a panel of doctors.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Frank handle the questions about his trip to Dallas?

2. Why does deadheading to Dallas give Frank a nervous moment?

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

4. Why does Frank finally leave the hospital?

5. Why does Frank have a checking account?

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