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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. Why does Frank decide to swindle a bank back in the States?

2. What is Frank's sentence at Perpignan Prison?

3. Why doesn't Frank return to visit his parents while he is in New York City living as a fugitive from the police and the FBI?

4. How does Frank get a security guard's uniform?

5. What are prisoners at Perpignan expected to use as a toilet?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Frank's plan to fill his account number in on a stack of deposit slips from the bank differ from his usual schemes?

2. Why does Frank not try to escape from the Malmo prison in Sweden?

3. How do you think Frank's schemes affect the people around him?

4. Why does O'Riley tell Bailey that it serves him right that Frank pays him with a check?

5. Why do you think that Frank stops using Papa Lavalier's printing shop?

6. When Frank realizes that he passes a check that has his real name and address on the back, he poses as an FBI agent to get it back. What other choices does he have? What can he do instead? How do his choices affect his future?

7. Why does O'Riley think that Frank must be 500 miles away when he hears that Frank makes bail?

8. What is Frank's code of honor?

9. How does Frank rely on stereotypes to get away with his cons?

10. How does Frank survive Perpignan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Frank's career as a criminal occurs before law enforcement agencies have computers that are linked together. Do you think that Frank is able to commit the same crimes if he starts again today? How do you think technology affects his criminal career?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the various prisons and jail cells in which Frank does time. Be sure to include Perpignan Prison, Malmo Prison, and the Fulton County Jail. How are these prisons similar? How are they different?

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