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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the young wife of the man killed in the crash with Ballard exits her car, what does she do?
(a) Urinates.
(b) Laughs.
(c) Screams.
(d) Vomits.

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

3. Where is the film studio Ballard works for located?
(a) Swindon.
(b) Salisbury.
(c) Shepperton.
(d) Somerset.

4. According to Ballard, "For Vaughan, the car-crash and his own ______ had made their final marriage."
(a) Depression.
(b) Faith.
(c) Health.
(d) Sexuality.

5. What word does Ballard repeat several times in his description of the car crash at the beginning of the book?
(a) Stylized.
(b) Static.
(c) Stoic.
(d) Strange.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Ballard is taken to the hospital after his crash, he recalls that "Vaughan collected the _____of ________nurses in his photographic albums."

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

3. According to Ballard, what would Ballard and Vaughan listen to on their way to accident sites?

4. Who did Vaughan collide with two months earlier when he lurched from a concealed access road?

5. After the crash, Ballard states that an "uneasy _____ carried me towards the hospital."

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