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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. Why does Frank decide to leave Atlanta?
(a) He misses life as a pilot.
(b) He is worried about the FBI catching up with him.
(c) His job ends and his apartment lease is up.
(d) He feels restless and wants to go to another city.

2. Why does Frank decide to stop posing as a pilot for a while?
(a) He is arrested in New Orleans for having suspicious credentials.
(b) He is tired of flying around the country and wants to settle down.
(c) One of his phony checks is not accepted when he tries to cash it.
(d) He wants to see what other professions he can pass himself off as.

3. What does Frank do for a living when he first moves into the River Bend complex?
(a) He doesn't earn any money; he just enjoys the single life.
(b) He continues to pose as a pilot but stops deadheading.
(c) He immediately starts working as a pediatrician.
(d) He gets a part-time job in a local warehouse.

4. Why is Frank forced to pose as a lawyer?
(a) He is looking for a job that helps him to earn a good salary.
(b) He wants to find a job where he cannot accidentally kill anyone.
(c) An old girlfriend remembers that he tells her he has a law degree from Harvard.
(d) He needs a job that allows him to avoid the FBI.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Frank prepare to teach sociology courses?

2. Why is it lucky for Frank that he decides to buy a car?

3. Why do the interns like to have Frank supervising them?

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

5. What does Frank decide to do to make it possible for him to cash more bad checks?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Frank test his con before actually deadheading on a flight?

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

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

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

6. Why do you think Frank gives different names to different stewardesses?

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

8. What is the overall tone of Chapter One, "The Fledgling"?

9. Does Frank feel that he is in any danger of being caught when he begins working as a lawyer?

10. 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?

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