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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of airline pilot removes the young wife from the crash with Ballard?
(a) Arab.
(b) Pacific.
(c) Royal.
(d) French.

2. Who does Ballard see on his balcony when he is caught in a traffic jam?
(a) Seagrave.
(b) Vaughan.
(c) Renata.
(d) Catherine.

3. What word does Ballard repeat several times in his description of the car crash at the beginning of the book?
(a) Stoic.
(b) Strange.
(c) Stylized.
(d) Static.

4. Who is the driver parked behind Ballard at the scene of the accident that killed Helen's husband?
(a) The doctor from Helen's room at the hospital.
(b) The firemen who pulled him out of his car.
(c) The nurse from his room at the hospital.
(d) The doctor who performed his surgery.

5. Who is injured at the stock-car races at the stadium in Northolt and taken to the hospital?
(a) Seagrave.
(b) Ballard.
(c) Helen.
(d) Vaughan.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ballard, Helen was about to enter a period of what after her bereavement?

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

3. According to Ballard, who wears her hair in a "simulated Afro wig"?

4. Who dies as the novel opens?

5. The firemen who cut Ballard's door from its hinges looked like what according to Ballard?

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