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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pictures is Ballard's passenger looking at when they arrive at the scene of his accident that killed Helen's husband?
(a) Pictures of car crashes.
(b) Pictures of naked women.
(c) Pictures of beauty products.
(d) Pictures of famine victims.

2. Who did the man killed in the car crash with Ballard work for?
(a) An American food company.
(b) A German weapons producer.
(c) An Italian car manufacturer.
(d) A British travel agency.

3. What kind of car does Catherine drive?
(a) A sports car.
(b) A minivan.
(c) A truck.
(d) A large sedan.

4. After the crash, Ballard states that an "uneasy _____ carried me towards the hospital."
(a) Fear.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Euphoria.
(d) Calm.

5. When Ballard tells Catherine that she should have gone to the funeral for Helen's husband, how does she respond?
(a) She tells him he shouldn't expect her to do what he wants.
(b) She tells him she's glad she didn't because she felt too guilty.
(c) She tells him she wished she had, but that she wasn't ready.
(d) She tells him she couldn't go because he killed him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies as the novel opens?

2. Who does Ballard witness an argument between in the woman's ward of the hospital?

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

4. When Ballard is lifted onto the stretcher after the crash, how does he feel?

5. The firemen who cut Ballard's door from its hinges looked like what according to Ballard?

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