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79 pages 2 hours read

Frank Abagnale, Stan Redding

Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1980

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Answer Key

Chapters 1-2

Reading Check

1. He puts it on autopilot immediately. (Chapter 1)

2. Bronxville, New York (Chapter 1)

3. A credit card scam in which he keeps $100 after charging a set of tires to his credit card (Chapter 1)

4. New York City (Chapter 2)

5. He says that his was stolen. (Chapter 2)

6. A toy plane (Chapter 2)

Short Answer

1. It sets up the fact that Frank has many alter egos, and that he uses respected positions in society, such as being a pilot, to gain respect from those around him. (Chapters 1-2)

2. It prepares him to become a con man. (Chapter 1)

3. He thinks that if they are stupid enough to be swindled, they deserve it. (Chapter 2)

4. He studies operations at the library and interviews a Pan Am captain while posing as a reporter for a high school paper. (Chapter 2)

Chapters 3-4

Reading Check

1. Pan Am isn’t based at LaGuardia. (Chapter 2)

2. It means flying in the extra seat in the cockpit, a privilege reserved for pilots and flight staff. (blurred text
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