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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 finally leave the hospital?
(a) The hospital administrator finally locates a permanent replacement.
(b) His cover is blown and he is discovered.
(c) He is afraid that he is responsible for a child's death.
(d) He decides that his salary at the hospital is not enough to live on.

2. How does Frank prepare to teach sociology courses?
(a) He audits some courses taught by the head of the deparment.
(b) He makes it up as he goes along.
(c) He studies sociology in the library.
(d) He takes courses at another university.

3. How does Frank get his pilot's license?
(a) He buys one from a company that prints licenses.
(b) He forges one himself using a typewriter.
(c) He steals one from a pilot and adds his own name.
(d) He has a plaque made and then has the plaque copied.

4. 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 gets a part-time job in a local warehouse.
(d) He immediately starts working as a pediatrician.

5. What does Frank tell his girlfriend when he leaves town and abandons his job as a lawyer?
(a) That he is rehired by Pan Am.
(b) That he is transferred to another state.
(c) That he is gone for a few weeks because of a death in the family.
(d) That he is leaving for good because the FBI is chasing him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Frank test out what he learns about airline terms and procedures?

2. Why does Frank end up leaving his job as an attorney?

3. What does Frank need to fill out in order to deadhead on a flight?

4. What is "deadheading"?

5. How does Frank find out that he does not yet know enough about being a pilot?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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