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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 person parked behind Ballard at the scene of the accident that killed Helen's husband doing?
(a) Taking pictures of him.
(b) Flashing his headlights.
(c) Writing on a pad.
(d) Talking on the phone.

2. What lay in the dashboard locker below the instrument panel of the Citroen Pallas saloon car?
(a) A packet of cigarettes.
(b) A woman's suede glove.
(c) A flask of gin.
(d) A man's handkerchief.

3. According to Ballard, Catherine's driving becomes what after his release from the hospital?
(a) Slow.
(b) Worse.
(c) Fast.
(d) Better.

4. In Ballard's last days with Vaughan, they no longer drive the motorway searching for accidents, but do what instead?
(a) Walk in a park near the airport.
(b) Drink in a bar near Vaughan's apartment.
(c) Sleep in a motel behind the airport.
(d) Sit in a parking lot behind Ballard' apartment.

5. Who wears a back brace, steel clamps and has gas bacillus scars on her kneecaps?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Helen.
(c) Vera.
(d) Gabrielle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose death does Ballard begin to think about in a "more calculated way" than the one Vaughan designed for a famous film actress?

2. According to Ballard, aside from Vaughan's death, what is the crash that he most fears that becomes a reality on the Harlington clearway?

3. What does Ballard do for the week after being released from the hospital?

4. What fiberglass replica does Seagrave have in his show-room?

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

(see the answer key)

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