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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 get his pilot's license?

2. What incident scares Frank into thinking about resigning?

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

4. What does Frank decide to do to make it possible for him to cash more bad checks?

5. What does Frank need to fill out in order to deadhead on a flight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Frank's credit card scheme work?

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the chapter titles for the book. How do the chapter titles develop the tone of Catch Me If You Can? How do the chapter titles reflect Frank's own personality?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character of Papa Lavalier. What role does he play in Frank's life? Do you think that Frank takes advantage of him, or does he benefit just as much from their transactions as Frank does? Do you think that Papa Lavalier understands as little as Frank believes he does?

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