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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 have a checking account?
(a) He has to have a checking account to get a job.
(b) He never has a checking account; he only pretends he does.
(c) He starts his own account when he gets his first job.
(d) His father sets one up for him a year earlier.

2. 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 has the officers call Pan Am's business office and ask about him.
(d) He convinces the officers by talking and using terminology only a pilot would know.

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

4. 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 lives off money sent to him by his parents.
(d) He takes a job in a stationery store for $1.50 an hour.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Frank manage to keep track of the information he collects?

2. Why does Frank finally leave the hospital?

3. Why doesn't Frank move back to New Orleans when his girlfriend is transferred?

4. How does Frank get a Pan Am uniform?

5. Why does Frank enjoy attending a Methodist church?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. Looking back on his pilot con as he writes the book, do you think that Frank regrets his actions? Why or why not?

5. How does Frank's father feel about Frank?

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

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

8. What legitimate use can Frank make of his imagination and ability to do research?

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

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

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