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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ballard drives home with Catherine and Vaughan in the backseat, what does he notice for the first time since his release from the hospital?
(a) The sun is shining.
(b) The streets are empty.
(c) It started raining.
(d) There are no planes on the runway.

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

3. According to Ballard, what do the scars above his patella replicate?
(a) The keys for the ignition and the dashboard compartment.
(b) The switches for the windshield wipers and parking lights.
(c) The knobs for the radio and emergency brakes.
(d) The handles for the air and rearview mirror.

4. Who does Ballard's wife Catherine tell him he looks like in the hospital?
(a) A gentleman in Harrod's.
(b) A murderer in an Agatha Christie mystery.
(c) A victim in Madame Tussaud's.
(d) A child out of Charles Dicken's.

5. What kind of car does Catherine drive?
(a) A minivan.
(b) A truck.
(c) A large sedan.
(d) A sports car.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Road Research Laboratory, when does Ballard feel his sense of disembodiment and unreality increase?

2. What topic does Ballard realize he never discussed with Helen?

3. According to Ballard, if the famous actress Vaughan obsessed over never died in a car-crash, what had Vaughan created instead?

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

5. After his accident, who does Catherine urge Ballard to see so much so that he feels that there were "lesbian overtones" to her request?

(see the answer key)

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