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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. How does Frank prepare to teach sociology courses?
2. Why does Frank's plan work?
3. What does Frank do if he suspects the police are starting to catch up with him?
4. What does Frank tell the Pan Am stores clerk about what happens to his wings and hat emblem?
5. What does Frank give as his address when he stays at hotels?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think Frank gives different names to different stewardesses?
2. How does Frank manage to escape the New Orleans police?
3. Frank manages to avoid being caught for several years. Imagine, though, that he is caught. How do you think he is caught earlier? How much of his good fortune is luck and how much is skill?
4. What are the drawbacks, for Frank, of working as a doctor?
5. Looking back on his pilot con as he writes the book, do you think that Frank regrets his actions? Why or why not?
6. First Frank poses as a pilot, then as a pediatrician. Do you see a pattern in his choices of role? Why do you think Frank chooses the roles that he does?
7. 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?
8. Does Frank feel that he is in any danger of being caught when he begins working as a lawyer?
9. Describe Frank's method for finding out the things he needs to know.
10. How does Frank feel about not being entrusted with any actual legal work?
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
In some ways, the plot of Catch Me If You Can is described as a spiral: the same series of events happens over and over. Describe the spiral of the plot. Use Frank's different cons to help with your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast Frank's role as a supervisory resident at the hospital in Atlanta with his role as a lawyer. How are the two roles similar? How are they different? Include the process Frank goes through to get each job, and the reasons that lead up to his departure from each.
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