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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 find a place to stay after he runs away?
(a) He becomes homeless and has to live on the streets.
(b) He convinces a friend's parents that he is an orphan.
(c) He puts his apartment rent on his credit card bill.
(d) He forges checks to pay for hotel rooms.

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

3. What mistake does Frank's father have expunged from Frank's record?
(a) Forging a check.
(b) Truancy from school.
(c) His credit card scheme.
(d) His arrest for stealing a car.

4. Who is the first victim of Frank's cons?
(a) His friends.
(b) His mother.
(c) His teacher.
(d) His father.

5. How does Frank manage to pass the bar exam?
(a) He studies hard and takes it three times.
(b) He has someone else take the exam for him.
(c) He doesn't pass the exam, but he forges documents showing that he does.
(d) He gets a copy of the exam and cheats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank do for a living when he first moves into the River Bend complex?

2. Why does Frank decide to pose as a pediatrician?

3. How does Frank feel about being sent to reform school?

4. How does Frank prepare to teach sociology courses?

5. How does Frank earn a living when he first runs away from home?

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. How does Frank's credit card scheme work?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Frank manage to escape the New Orleans police?

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