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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Ballard have his safety belt on when leaving his secretary, Renata, before the crash?
(a) To avoid getting a ticket from the police.
(b) To prevent him from the temptation of crashing into another car.
(c) To prevent being injured should he get into a car crash.
(d) To avoid her the embarrassment of having to embrace him.

2. According to Ballard, what would Ballard and Vaughan listen to on their way to accident sites?
(a) Police broadcasts.
(b) BBC news.
(c) Music.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

5. Who dies as the novel opens?
(a) Dr. Helen Remington.
(b) Dr. Robert Vaughan.
(c) James Ballard.
(d) Catherine Ballard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Ballard's wife?

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

3. 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?

4. What is the name of the place where Vaughan and Ballard watch vehicles crash into concrete blocks?

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

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