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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, "The Pilot".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Frank get a Pan Am uniform?
(a) He calls Pan Am and tells them his uniform is stolen.
(b) He steals one from a pilot's luggage.
(c) He buys one from a uniform supply store.
(d) He buys a generic uniform and sews stripes onto the cuffs.

2. Why does Frank decide to live with his father?
(a) He does not want to live with his siblings.
(b) He is angry with his mother for moving out.
(c) He pities his father, who still loves his mother.
(d) He gets along better with his father than his mother.

3. What does Frank tell the Pan Am stores clerk about what happens to his wings and hat emblem?
(a) He loses them.
(b) His two-year-old took them.
(c) This is his first pair.
(d) They are stolen.

4. How does Frank find a place to stay after he runs away?
(a) He convinces a friend's parents that he is an orphan.
(b) He puts his apartment rent on his credit card bill.
(c) He forges checks to pay for hotel rooms.
(d) He becomes homeless and has to live on the streets.

5. How does Frank's father's financial situation change during the first chapter?
(a) He leaves his job as a businessman and becomes a politician.
(b) He goes from being a businessman to being a postal clerk.
(c) He loses his job and is unemployed.
(d) He rises from his job as a postal clerk to become a businessman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Frank get the Pan Am logo for his I.D. card?

2. How does Frank earn a living when he first runs away from home?

3. What is "deadheading"?

4. What kind of a deal does Frank make with the gas station attendant?

5. How do the bill collector and Frank's father react when they find out he is running up thousands of dollars in charges that he cannot pay?

(see the answer key)

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