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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 find out what a "blue baby" is?
2. Why do the hospital doctors and staff think that Frank is very committed to his education?
3. What con does Frank commit at the very beginning of the book?
4. What event in his personal life serves as the trigger for Frank to become a juvenile delinquent?
5. How does Frank earn his father's trust?
Short Essay Questions
1. Looking back on his pilot con as he writes the book, do you think that Frank regrets his actions? Why or why not?
2. Is Frank well-respected by his new boss in the state's attorney's office?
3. Why does Frank feel safe perpetuating his scams? Why do you think he is not more worried about being caught?
4. Why do you think that Frank is concerned when the pilot of the flight he is on does not let him listen to conversations with the tower on a courtesy headset?
5. Frank manages to avoid being caught for several years. Imagine, though, that he is caught. How do you think he is caught earlier? How much of his good fortune is luck and how much is skill?
6. How does Frank feel about not being entrusted with any actual legal work?
7. What is Frank's pattern of preparing himself for a new role?
8. How does Frank rely on Pan Am to help him?
9. Do you think that Frank wants to pose as a pilot only because he wants to cash bad checks? Or is there some other reason? Please explain.
10. How do changes in technology make Frank's con harder to pull off today?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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