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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Vaughan's scientific subject?
(a) Computer specialist in traffic systems.
(b) Physics specialist in atom collision.
(c) Chemistry specialist in dark matter.
(d) Biology specialist in human reproduction.

2. What is the name of the place where Vaughan and Ballard watch vehicles crash into concrete blocks?
(a) Vehicular Safety Compound.
(b) Crash Test Site.
(c) Road Research Laboratory.
(d) Auto Mechanic School.

3. Out of three "airport whores" Ballard comes across at a traffic island, which one does he pick up?
(a) The nicest one.
(b) The prettiest one.
(c) The eldest one.
(d) The youngest one.

4. As Ballard is taken to the hospital after his crash, he recalls that "Vaughan collected the _____of ________nurses in his photographic albums."
(a) Smiles; casualty.
(b) Grimaces; casualty.
(c) Grimaces; emergency.
(d) Smiles; emergency.

5. What lay in the dashboard locker below the instrument panel of the Citroen Pallas saloon car?
(a) A packet of cigarettes.
(b) A flask of gin.
(c) A woman's suede glove.
(d) A man's handkerchief.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Road Research Laboratory, who does Helen stare at "almost as if they were patients whom she hoped to treat"?

2. According to Ballard, as he recuperates in the hospital, what does he state as the "only real experience" he had been through in years?

3. At the Road Research Laboratory, when does Ballard feel his sense of disembodiment and unreality increase?

4. Who dies as the novel opens?

5. Why did Ballard have his safety belt on when leaving his secretary, Renata, before the crash?

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