View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Frank pay for his hotel bill while he is traveling as a pilot?
(a) He uses a real check from an overdrawn account.
(b) He uses a phony check.
(c) He has the hotels bill Pan Am for his rooms.
(d) He uses a Pan Am check that he forges.

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

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

4. How does Frank handle the questions about his trip to Dallas?
(a) He explains that he is going to Dallas to get more training.
(b) He says that Pan Am is planning to start flying out of Dallas.
(c) He refuses to answer any questions.
(d) He says he is going to fly a freight plane.

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

6. What does Frank tell his girlfriend when he leaves town and abandons his job as a lawyer?
(a) That he is transferred to another state.
(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 gone for a few weeks because of a death in the family.

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

8. Why does Frank later realize that it is just as well that he leaves Atlanta when he does?
(a) Because he has an FBI inspector concentrating on his case alone now.
(b) Because patients at the hospital where he works are complaining.
(c) Because a paper trail leads straight to his apartment at River Bend.
(d) Because he is easily identified by any of the people he works with.

9. What does Frank's ability to pass the bar exam prove?
(a) Anyone can be a lawyer.
(b) Frank should stay in his job as an attorney.
(c) It is easy to cheat on the bar exam.
(d) He is smart enough to finish school and get a good job.

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

11. What does Frank do when he is released from the police station in New Orleans?
(a) He deadheads to Atlanta.
(b) He goes home to New York City.
(c) He buys a plane ticket to Atlanta.
(d) He decides to stay with a girlfriend in New Orleans.

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

13. How does Frank test out what he learns about airline terms and procedures?
(a) He asks a stewardess for a date.
(b) He immediately deadheads on a flight.
(c) He asks a Pan Am employee whether his disguise works.
(d) He hangs out at LaGuardia and meets pilots and stewardesses.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. If Frank gets a regular job, which of the following professions do you think he is best suited for?

2. Why is Frank so determined to raise money?

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

4. Why does Frank leave his $1.50/hour job?

5. How does Frank's father react to his reversal in fortune?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 919 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample