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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ballard, the young wife of the man killed in the car crash stared at him with a look that resembled a ________in an Early Renaissance icon.
(a) Child.
(b) Devil.
(c) Madonna.
(d) Angel.

2. What is the name of Ballard's wife?
(a) Vera.
(b) Helen.
(c) Renata.
(d) Catherine.

3. According to Ballard, all who knew Vaughan accepted what about a car-crash?
(a) Its "logical torture."
(b) Its "perverse eroticism."
(c) Its "tragic flaw."
(d) Its "intellectual stimulation."

4. According to Ballard, as he recuperates in the hospital, what does he state as the "only real experience" he had been through in years?
(a) His affair.
(b) His guilt.
(c) His crash.
(d) His fantasies.

5. According to Ballard, Helen was about to enter a period of what after her bereavement?
(a) Isolation.
(b) Celibacy.
(c) Bliss.
(d) Promiscuity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Out of three "airport whores" Ballard comes across at a traffic island, which one does he pick up?

2. Why does Ballard visit the Northolt police pound?

3. Ballard states that Vaughan was only interesting to Ballard in relation to what?

4. As Ballard drives home with Catherine after being released from the hospital, how does the image of a car change for him after his accident?

5. Who does Vaughan want Ballard to introduce him to?

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