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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who give Vaughan a set of passkeys so that he could take cars from the airport parking lots?
(a) Helen.
(b) Vera.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Renata.

2. How many cars collide at the junction of the eastern descent ramp of the flyover?
(a) Nine cars collide.
(b) Seven cars collide.
(c) Five cars collide.
(d) Three cars collide.

3. After his accident, who does Catherine urge Ballard to see so much so that he feels that there were "lesbian overtones" to her request?
(a) Helen.
(b) Gabrielle.
(c) Renata.
(d) Vera.

4. Who are the five film actresses Seagrave devised an "abattoir of sexual mutiliation" for Vaughan's questionnaire?
(a) Garbo, Jayne Mansfield, Elizabeth Taylor, Bardot, and Raquel Welch.
(b) Garbo, Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe, Bardot, and Raquel Welch.
(c) Bette Davis, Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe, Bardot, and Raquel Welch.
(d) Bette Davis, Jayne Mansfield, Elizabeth Taylor, Bardot, and Raquel Welch.

5. Where are Ballard, Catherine, and Vaughan when Catherine and Vaughan have sex in the backseat?
(a) A studio.
(b) A carwash.
(c) A park.
(d) An airport.

6. According to Ballard, who "resembled rows of the dead looking down at us from the galleries of a columbarium"?
(a) The passengers in an airline coach.
(b) The crashed cars at the impound.
(c) The prostitutes on the pedestrian bridge.
(d) The headstones at the funeral home.

7. What topic does Ballard realize he never discussed with Helen?
(a) The accident.
(b) His work.
(c) His wife.
(d) Her dead husband.

8. After leaving the hospital, what does Vaughan show Ballard at Seagrave's house?
(a) A museum of car parts.
(b) A film of car crashes.
(c) An album of accident photos.
(d) A laboratory of blood samples.

9. Why do the police signal to Vaughan when Ballard and Vaughan leave Ballard's studio?
(a) Because they want to question him regarding his stalking Elizabeth Taylor.
(b) Because they want to question him regarding an outstanding warrant.
(c) Because they want to question him regarding a pedestrian he ran over.
(d) Because they want to question him regarding a stolen vehicle.

10. What is the name of the avenue that Ballard and Vaughan drive along with the two airport prostitutes?
(a) Northern Avenue.
(b) Eastern Avenue.
(c) Southhern Avenue.
(d) Western Avenue.

11. What is the name the researchers at the Road Research Laboratory give the mannequin on the motorcycle?
(a) Brando.
(b) Sinatra.
(c) Elvis.
(d) Dean.

12. How does Vaughan position himself and Catherine in the backseat while Ballard watches them have sex?
(a) In the same posture as Elizabeth Taylor and her husband.
(b) In the same posture as Vaughan and the prostitute.
(c) In the same posture as the diplomat and young woman.
(d) In the same posture as Ballard and Helen.

13. Why does Ballard adjust the rear view mirror as he drives with Vaughan and the two airport prostitutes?
(a) To see if Catherine is following them.
(b) To watch the two girls have sex.
(c) To see if Seagrave is following them.
(d) To watch Vaughan and the girl have sex.

14. According to Ballard, if the famous actress Vaughan obsessed over never died in a car-crash, what had Vaughan created instead?
(a) All the possibilities of Catherine's death.
(b) All the possibilities of Vaughan's death.
(c) All the possibilities of Ballard's death.
(d) All the possibilities of the actress's death.

15. What does Vaughan do as he drives past the crash at the junction of the eastern descent ramp of the flyover?
(a) Take pictures.
(b) Honk his horn.
(c) Cheer.
(d) Expose himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of equipment does Vaughan have in his apartment?

2. According to Ballard, Vaughan's fixation on the sex-death fantasy he created became more frustrated in his last days with him for what reason?

3. According to Ballard, "Above all, the apartment was dominated by Vaughan's evident _____."

4. According to Vaughan, who has never been in a major crash so "everything lies in the future for her?"

5. Who does Ballard describe as the "perfect forgery of an Ingres"?

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