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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why doesn't Frank move back to New Orleans when his girlfriend is transferred?
(a) He does not really like his girlfriend that well.
(b) He does not want to leave his job as a doctor.
(c) He is afraid the police are still looking for him there.
(d) He likes Atlanta better than New Orleans.

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

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

7. How does Frank find out what a "blue baby" is?
(a) He checks his pocket medical dictionary.
(b) He figures it out when he sees the baby.
(c) He asks a nurse.
(d) He asks an intern.

8. Where does Frank go when he leaves his job at the Attorney General's office?
(a) He goes to the Pacific Northwest.
(b) He returns home to New York.
(c) He stays in the South.
(d) He goes West.

9. How does Frank add to his university lectures?
(a) He tells stories based on his own experiences.
(b) He makes up stories to illustrate points in the text.
(c) He asks his students to tell stories from their experience.
(d) He goes to the library to find more information.

10. How long does Frank usually stay in a new apartment?
(a) Long enough to wait until his next deadhead flight.
(b) Long enough to have a new box of checks delivered to him.
(c) Long enough to throw the police off his trail.
(d) Long enough to finish a relationship with his current girlfriend.

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

12. 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) He thinks he knows enough about medicine to fake it.
(c) The hospital tells him he does not actually have to practice medicine.
(d) He thinks that he learns the job as he goes along by watching the interns.

13. 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 feels angry and tries to escape.
(d) He uses it as a chance to learn more about being a con artist.

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

15. How does Frank prove that he really is employed by Pan Am?
(a) He gives the officers names of pilots and stewardesses who can vouch for him.
(b) He shows the officers his phony I.D. and pilot's license.
(c) He convinces the officers by talking and using terminology only a pilot would know.
(d) He has the officers call Pan Am's business office and ask about him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Frank have a checking account?

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

3. What does Frank give as his address when he stays at hotels?

4. Why does Frank want to deadhead on a flight out of New York City?

5. How does Frank pay for his hotel bill while he is traveling as a pilot?

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