2. How old is Frank when he leaves home?
(a) Twenty years old.
(b) Sixteen years old.
(c) Twelve years old.
(d) Twenty-five years old.

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

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

5. How does Frank's father's financial situation change during the first chapter?
(a) He rises from his job as a postal clerk to become a businessman.
(b) He leaves his job as a businessman and becomes a politician.
(c) He loses his job and is unemployed.
(d) He goes from being a businessman to being a postal clerk.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following groups of people is NOT conned by Frank?

4. How does Frank avoid leaving a trail at his apartment building?

5. How does Frank find a place to stay after he runs away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes happen at home while Frank is away at the reformatory?

2. How does Frank feel about not being entrusted with any actual legal work?

3. How does Frank's credit card scheme work?

4. Does Frank manage to fool everyone in his new position as a lawyer?

5. Is Frank well-respected by his new boss in the state's attorney's office?

6. Frank manages to avoid being caught for several years. Imagine, though, that he is caught. How do you think he is caught earlier? How much of his good fortune is luck and how much is skill?

7. Do you think that Frank's con works today? Why or why not?

8. Describe Frank's method for finding out the things he needs to know.

9. How does Frank rely on Pan Am to help him?

10. What is Frank's pattern of preparing himself for a new role?

(see the answer keys)

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