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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Frank earn his father's trust?

3. How does Frank get a temporary license to practice medicine in Georgia?

4. How does Frank prepare to teach sociology courses?

5. Who is the first victim of Frank's cons?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why do you think that presenting himself as a jokester helps Frank to be accepted and look as though he knows what he is doing in the hospital?

7. 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.

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

9. What are the drawbacks, for Frank, of working as a doctor?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of Frank's friends, and write an essay comparing and contrasting their roles in his life. Choose two friends who play very similar roles, like Monique and Rosalie. Or write about friends who play opposite roles, like Cheryl and Rosalie. Or, write about two characters who have a balanced set of similarities and differences, like O'Riley and Frank's father.

Essay Topic 2

How does the kindness of the Swedish prison guards make Frank feel? How does his experience in Sweden affect his thoughts and reflections about life? Support your answer with quotations from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Consider the following people who help Frank at various times during his criminal career: Kitty Corbett, Bailout Bailey, Jan Lundstrom. Which of these people does Frank admire the most? Why?

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