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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, with whom did Vaughan want to die in a collision?
(a) Catherine Ballard.
(b) James Ballard.
(c) Elizabeth Taylor.
(d) Dr. Helen Remington.

3. Why is Ballard skeptical about Helen working for the Road Research Laboratory?
(a) Because he thinks that she is not qualified to work there.
(b) Because he thinks the work at the laboratory is ineffective.
(c) Because he thinks its too close to the accident that killed her husband.
(d) Because he thinks she could get a better job as a doctor.

4. What is the name of the park where Ballard and Catherine's apartment is located?
(a) Drummond.
(b) Drayton.
(c) Drake.
(d) Dresden.

5. The firemen who cut Ballard's door from its hinges looked like what according to Ballard?
(a) Accomplices in a jewelry heist.
(b) Actors in a one-act play.
(c) Assistants of a gored bullfighter.
(d) Athletes in a football game.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helen do when Ballard first addresses her in the hospital?

2. What happens to Ballard three days after his surgery in the hospital?

3. According to Ballard at the end of Chapter 2, the radiator grills of their cars resembled what?

4. Out of three "airport whores" Ballard comes across at a traffic island, which one does he pick up?

5. According to Ballard, why does the young wife who is removed from her car after the crash resemble a "mentally defective girl" he once saw perform in a play?

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