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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Ballard do for the week after being released from the hospital?
(a) Watches television.
(b) Walks around the neighborhood.
(c) Sleeps on the couch.
(d) Sits on the veranda.

4. What kind of business has Catherine started up with one of her boyfriends?
(a) A walking-tourist charter firm.
(b) A cycle-tourist charter firm.
(c) An air-tourist charter firm.
(d) A bus-tourist charter firm.

5. Who does Vaughan want Ballard to introduce him to?
(a) Julie Andrews.
(b) Paul Newman.
(c) Elizabeth Taylor.
(d) Sean Connery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other famous personalities does Vaughan NOT obsess over?

2. What is the name of Catherine's secretary whom she asks Ballard to visualize her having intercourse with?

3. How many weeks does Ballard stay in the hospital after the crash in Chapter 2?

4. What do the junior pathologist, trainee radiologist, and service manager of a garage all have in common?

5. How does Seagrave preempt the "real death" that Vaughan reserved for himself?

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