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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. What is Frank actually doing when FBI agent O'Riley shows up at the Boston jail to pick him up?
(a) He is at the airport stealing the money from the bank's night depository.
(b) He is 500 miles away.
(c) He is on a plane to Paris.
(d) He is hiding in the apartment of a girlfriend.

2. How does Frank convince a Miami bank manager to cash a personal check for $15,000?
(a) He convinces her that the money is pending on his Philadelphia account.
(b) He charms her into cashing the check for him.
(c) He convinces her that he is a lawyer.
(d) He uses a Pan Am expense check.

3. How does Frank get himself out of the Fulton County Jail?
(a) He gets a bail bondsman to bail him out.
(b) He phones the desk sergeant posing as a doctor and claims that Frank Abagnale is diabetic.
(c) He manages to steal a set of keys from a guard.
(d) He poses as a lawyer for one of the other prisoners and convinces the guard to let him out.

4. How does Frank get the money from the night depository out of the airport?
(a) He stashes it in an airport locker.
(b) Two state troopers help him to carry it to his car.
(c) He carries it in bags one at a time.
(d) He carries it out on the next flight.

5. How do the French police locate Frank?
(a) Frank's grandparents turn him in for his own good.
(b) The FBI tell them where to find Frank.
(c) They receive a tip from an Air France flight attendant.
(d) They follow a paper trail of forged checks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Frank have 10,000 payroll checks printed?

2. Which of the following is an example of Frank's "code of honor"?

3. How does Frank spend his time in Malmo Prison?

4. Who does Frank confess to?

5. Why is Frank almost caught because of one of his corporate expense checks?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and why does Frank make an exception to his policy of never defrauding individuals?

2. How does Frank convince Papa Lavalier that he is a pilot for Pan Am?

3. How does Frank obtain a flight crew?

4. How does Frank's plan to fill his account number in on a stack of deposit slips from the bank differ from his usual schemes?

5. Describe living conditions for prisoners at Perpignan Prison.

6. How do you think Frank feels when he meets the Swedish police officers?

7. What risks does Frank expose himself to by using his real name?

8. What do you think is Frank's opinion of women?

9. How do you think Frank's schemes affect the people around him?

10. When Frank realizes that he passes a check that has his real name and address on the back, he poses as an FBI agent to get it back. What other choices does he have? What can he do instead? How do his choices affect his future?

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