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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 learn from watching his father's business dealings?

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

3. How does Frank pay for his hotel bill while he is traveling as a pilot?

4. What is "deadheading"?

5. What is Frank's biggest complaint about the reformatory?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. Why do you think that Frank is concerned when the pilot of the flight he is on does not let him listen to conversations with the tower on a courtesy headset?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Frank's techniques for escaping when he is caught or when he faces a situation in which he is about to be caught. What strategies does he use? How does his research help him when he needs to make an escape?

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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