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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 the money from the night depository out of the airport?

2. How does Frank escape the federal officials who are surrounding his hotel?

3. Who does Monique leave Frank for?

4. Who does Frank confess to?

5. How does Frank eventually pay his bail bondsman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think it is important to Frank to get a passport?

2. How do you think Frank expects Rosalie to react when he tells her who he really is?

3. How do you think Frank feels when he meets the Swedish police officers?

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

5. Why can't the American consulate intervene on Frank's behalf and get him out of Perpignan?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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 2

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?

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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