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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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 has the hotels bill Pan Am for his rooms.
(c) He uses a phony check.
(d) He uses a Pan Am check that he forges.

2. 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 is looking for a job that helps him to earn a good salary.
(c) He needs a job that allows him to avoid the FBI.
(d) He wants to find a job where he cannot accidentally kill anyone.

3. How does Frank get a Pan Am uniform?
(a) He buys one from a uniform supply store.
(b) He buys a generic uniform and sews stripes onto the cuffs.
(c) He calls Pan Am and tells them his uniform is stolen.
(d) He steals one from a pilot's luggage.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Frank go when he leaves his job at the Attorney General's office?

2. What does Frank tell the Pan Am stores clerk about what happens to his wings and hat emblem?

3. Why does Frank enjoy attending a Methodist church?

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

5. What event in his personal life serves as the trigger for Frank to become a juvenile delinquent?

Short Essay Questions

1. First Frank poses as a pilot, then as a pediatrician. Do you see a pattern in his choices of role? Why do you think Frank chooses the roles that he does?

2. Why does Frank feel safe perpetuating his scams? Why do you think he is not more worried about being caught?

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

4. Why does Frank need money in order to pursue his interest in girls?

5. How do changes in technology make Frank's con harder to pull off today?

6. Why do you think Frank thinks it is important never to wear his uniform around his apartment building?

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

8. How does his job as a doctor fit into Frank's plans for living in Atlanta?

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

10. Do you think that Frank wants to pose as a pilot only because he wants to cash bad checks? Or is there some other reason? Please explain.

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