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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 is Frank's biggest complaint about the reformatory?

2. How does Frank avoid leaving a trail at his apartment building?

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

4. How does Frank prove that he really is employed by Pan Am?

5. Why is Frank so determined to raise money?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the overall tone of Chapter One, "The Fledgling"?

4. 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?

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

6. Does Frank manage to fool everyone in his new position as a lawyer?

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

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

9. 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.

10. What skills do you think Frank needs to have in order to pass himself off as a pilot?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Frank's tour of Europe with the interns, with his usual practice of deadheading around alone as a fake pilot. How are the two experiences similar and different? Which strategy do you think best suits Frank's character?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think the life of a pilot seems appealing to a teenage boy? What parts of Frank's life as a pilot do you think make him feel accepted and admired? What aspects of his life as a pilot make him feel anxious about getting caught?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Rosalie and Monique. How are they similar? How are they different? Do you think Frank considers them to be similar, or different? To what degree does he trust each woman, and why? Support your answer with examples from the book.

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