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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Frank confess to?
(a) His friend, the fisherman.
(b) A female bank manager.
(c) His lover, Rosalie.
(d) The FBI agent who is chasing him.

2. Why doesn't Frank call his parents when he returns to New York?
(a) He is still angry about the divorce.
(b) He fears that they turn him in.
(c) He does not want to have to lie to them.
(d) He is too ashamed to face them.

3. What is Frank's sentence at Perpignan Prison?
(a) Six months.
(b) Five years.
(c) One year.
(d) Ten years.

4. Which of the following activities is Frank the first known check forger ever to do?
(a) Steal such a large amount of money in such a short time.
(b) Print his own checks with a printing press.
(c) Manipulate the routing numbers on the bottom of checks.
(d) Travel around the country while forging checks.

5. What is Frank actually doing when FBI agent O'Riley shows up at the Boston jail to pick him up?
(a) He is at the airport stealing the money from the bank's night depository.
(b) He is 500 miles away.
(c) He is hiding in the apartment of a girlfriend.
(d) He is on a plane to Paris.

6. What bonus does Frank get from a Pan Am stewardess on vacation in Mexico?
(a) He finds out more about what Pan Am pilot's uniforms should look like.
(b) He gets more information about the way Pan Am works.
(c) He cashes a check for her and keeps her paycheck to use as a template.
(d) He gets a copy of her passport and starts printing his own passports.

7. Who helps Frank to get a passport?
(a) The American embassy in Mexico City.
(b) Pan Am's Mexico City office.
(c) A Mexican politician.
(d) A writer with political influence in Mexico.

8. While he is watching the bank, Frank is approached by ____________________ who know his real identity.
(a) Two FBI agents.
(b) Two Massachusetts state troopers.
(c) Two former girlfriends.
(d) Two pilots working for Pan Am.

9. How does Frank convince a Miami bank manager to cash a personal check for $15,000?
(a) He charms her into cashing the check for him.
(b) He convinces her that the money is pending on his Philadelphia account.
(c) He convinces her that he is a lawyer.
(d) He uses a Pan Am expense check.

10. How does Frank give himself a head start before a bank can figure out that he is using phony checks?
(a) He uses checks issued by a bank in another city.
(b) He cashes checks under a different name than the one he is traveling under.
(c) He cashes checks late in the day so they are not processed right away.
(d) He uses checks in which the bank indicatese routing number is not the bank listed on the check. by th

11. Who pays for the interns to travel around Europe?
(a) The University of Arizona.
(b) Frank.
(c) Pan Am.
(d) Papa Lavalier.

12. Why does Frank leave Rosalie?
(a) She tells the police about him.
(b) She is not willing to move with him.
(c) She is not serious about him.
(d) She asks him to leave.

13. Who is the first individual Frank admits to conning out of money?
(a) A Miami prostitute.
(b) A college student intern.
(c) A bail bondsman.
(d) A Pan Am stewardess.

14. What does Frank expect happens when he is released from Perpignan?
(a) He is released on parole.
(b) He is sent home to the United States.
(c) He has to stand trial in another European country.
(d) He is sent to a more humane French prison.

15. How does Frank manage to leave the Federal Detention Center?
(a) He tells the prison officials that he has an urgent meeting and they let him walk out.
(b) He pretends to be very sick and is removed to a hospital.
(c) His lawyer gets him out while awaiting trial.
(d) He is allowed to leave for the day as part of a work release program.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feature of a Boston airport gives Frank an idea for another con?

2. Which of Frank's relatives lives near Montpellier?

3. What are living conditions like at Perpignan?

4. Where does Frank go with the money he makes from his account deposit scheme?

5. Why does Frank refuse a job in his friend Armand's vineyards?

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