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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ballard note about the Lincoln Continental Vaughan drives?
(a) It is the same make as the one Elizabeth Taylor drives.
(b) It is the same make of the one in which President Kennedy died.
(c) It is the same make as Catherine's car.
(d) It is the same make as Ballard's car.

2. Who did Vaughan collide with two months earlier when he lurched from a concealed access road?
(a) A stunt driver.
(b) Two air hostesses.
(c) A filmmaker.
(d) Two mechanics.

3. 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 wished she had, but that she wasn't ready.
(c) She tells him she couldn't go because he killed him.
(d) She tells him she's glad she didn't because she felt too guilty.

4. At Northolt station, why does Helen ask Ballard to take her to the airport?
(a) Because she works in the immigration department.
(b) Because she likes to see the planes take off and land.
(c) Because she is picking up a friend from America.
(d) Because she is taking a vacation to Spain.

5. What did Vaughan rehearse for in the days before his death?
(a) A one-man show.
(b) His own death.
(c) His wedding.
(d) Ballard's murder.

6. According to Ballard, the young wife of the man killed in the car crash stared at him with a look that resembled a ________in an Early Renaissance icon.
(a) Angel.
(b) Child.
(c) Devil.
(d) Madonna.

7. What is Ballard's "ironic gesture" to provoke Catherine and Renate, who don't want him to drive?
(a) Borrowing cars.
(b) Renting cars.
(c) Stealing cars.
(d) Buying cars.

8. Where do Helen and Ballard's trysts take place?
(a) In Helen's apartment.
(b) At a hotel.
(c) Near the airport.
(d) In Ballard's car.

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

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

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

12. What does Helen do when Ballard first addresses her in the hospital?
(a) She ignores him.
(b) She screams at him.
(c) She hits him.
(d) She laughs at him.

13. When Ballard goes to the garage, what does he see on a rear window sill that reminds him of his own personal possessions scattered on the floor of his car after the crash?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A purse.
(c) A briefcase.
(d) A necktie.

14. What is the name of Ballard's wife?
(a) Vera.
(b) Renata.
(c) Helen.
(d) Catherine.

15. Why would Vaughan arrange women in stylized positions in cars?
(a) To write about them.
(b) To film them.
(c) To paint them.
(d) To photograph them.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What pictures is Ballard's passenger looking at when they arrive at the scene of his accident that killed Helen's husband?

4. Where does the fatal car crash that nearly misses Elizabeth Taylor occur?

5. What injuries does Ballard sustain after the crash?

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