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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 audits some courses taught by the head of the deparment.
(b) He studies sociology in the library.
(c) He makes it up as he goes along.
(d) He takes courses at another university.

2. Why does Frank pretend to be a representative of Carib Air?
(a) To get a sample I.D. card made.
(b) To get a pilot's uniform.
(c) To get a pilot's license made.
(d) To deadhead on a flight.

3. How does Frank find out that he does not yet know enough about being a pilot?
(a) He meets a TWA pilot who is suspicious of him.
(b) He is stopped by airport security because his I.D. is not correct.
(c) He tests his new identity before trying it out.
(d) He is not allowed to deadhead on flights at first.

4. What does Frank do if he suspects the police are starting to catch up with him?
(a) He gets a legitimate job for a while.
(b) He asks around to find out if anyone is looking for him.
(c) He stays with a girlfriend for a few days.
(d) He deadheads to another city.

5. Where does a deadheading pilot sit on a plane?
(a) In a jumpseat in the cockpit.
(b) In the copilot's seat.
(c) In an extra seat in coach.
(d) In an extra seat in first class.

6. How does Frank earn his father's trust?
(a) By getting a part-time job in a warehouse.
(b) By carrying messages to his mother.
(c) By paying off his credit card debt.
(d) By getting good grades in school.

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

8. What does Frank need to fill out in order to deadhead on a flight?
(a) A pink slip.
(b) A blue slip.
(c) A red slip.
(d) A green slip.

9. What does Frank tell his girlfriend when he leaves town and abandons his job as a lawyer?
(a) That he is gone for a few weeks because of a death in the family.
(b) That he is leaving for good because the FBI is chasing him.
(c) That he is rehired by Pan Am.
(d) That he is transferred to another state.

10. Why is it lucky for Frank that he decides to buy a car?
(a) Because now he can go out on dates.
(b) Because the FBI are tracking him through rental cars that he abandons at airports.
(c) Because now he has a quick way to leave any location if he needs to.
(d) Because now he can travel without having to deadhead his way across the country.

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

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

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

14. How does Frank manage to pass the bar exam?
(a) He has someone else take the exam for him.
(b) He doesn't pass the exam, but he forges documents showing that he does.
(c) He gets a copy of the exam and cheats.
(d) He studies hard and takes it three times.

15. What does Frank decide to do after traveling through the western United States?
(a) He becomes a university professor for the summer.
(b) He goes to work for TWA.
(c) He goes back to work in a children's hospital.
(d) He finds another job as an attorney.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Frank test out what he learns about airline terms and procedures?

3. Why does Frank later realize that it is just as well that he leaves Atlanta when he does?

4. When he realizes that airline employees are suspicious of him, how does Frank gather more information about his role as a pilot?

5. Where does Frank get the Pan Am logo for his I.D. card?

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