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

2. Ballard and Vaughan listen to police and _______ broadcasts as they search for Seagrave, who has gone missing.
(a) Government.
(b) Firefighter.
(c) Military.
(d) Ambulance.

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

4. What does Vaughan hold in his hand that he claims can help recreate the Mansfield, Camus, and Kennedy crashes?
(a) Hospital x-rays.
(b) Freeway designs.
(c) Studio outtakes.
(d) Lab handouts.

5. In the hospital, what contained the "hundred histories of collision and bereavement" according to Ballard?
(a) The covered gurneys.
(b) The broken wheelchairs.
(c) The full IV bags.
(d) The empty beds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ballard first take in a rental car to the scene of his accident that killed Helen's husband?

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

3. What lay in the dashboard locker below the instrument panel of the Citroen Pallas saloon car?

4. According to Ballard, what left an "archipelago of pockmarks" across Vaughan's neck?

5. According to Ballard, "It isn't sex that Vaughan is interested in, but _______."

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