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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 Pan Am start an investigation?
2. Why does Frank feel it is important to pay the bail bondsman?
3. Where does Frank go in an attempt to escape the manhunt for him?
4. Why can't the American Consulate intervene on Frank's behalf?
5. What are prisoners at Perpignan expected to use as a toilet?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think that Frank stops using Papa Lavalier's printing shop?
2. How does Frank survive Perpignan?
3. Why does Frank feel that he needs a flight crew?
4. Why do you think it is important to Frank to get a passport?
5. Why do you think that Frank pays the expenses for his crew of interns personally rather than coming up with a scheme for getting Pan Am to pay them?
6. 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?
7. How do you think Frank expects Rosalie to react when he tells her who he really is?
8. How does Frank get himself out of the Fulton County jail?
9. Why does O'Riley tell Bailey that it serves him right that Frank pays him with a check?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is Frank able to forge so many checks? Describe his methods. Then reflect on how banks might be able to protect themselves against other con artists using Frank Abegnale's methodology. Explain what strategies you think banks and other financial institutions are able to use to protect themselves.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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