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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Its purpose remained elusive.
(b) Its true nature had been exposed.
(c) It became an object of fear.
(d) It contained multiple identities.

2. What premonitions does Ballard begin to have after being released from the hospital?
(a) The second coming of Jesus.
(b) The return to a pre-industrial age.
(c) The salvation of sinners everywhere.
(d) The end of the world by automobile.

3. How many cars did Ballard miss before hitting the one that kills a man?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Three.

4. At the studio, who does Ballard see dressed up to resemble a famous screen actress, wearing a fawn suede coat, brassiere, and makeup?
(a) A stranger.
(b) An extra.
(c) Vaughan.
(d) Seagrave.

5. What is Vaughan's scientific subject?
(a) Biology specialist in human reproduction.
(b) Chemistry specialist in dark matter.
(c) Computer specialist in traffic systems.
(d) Physics specialist in atom collision.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, with whom did Vaughan want to die in a collision?

2. What is the name of Catherine's secretary whom she asks Ballard to visualize her having intercourse with?

3. As Ballard is taken to the hospital after his crash, he recalls that "Vaughan collected the _____of ________nurses in his photographic albums."

4. Who dies as the novel opens?

5. What do the junior pathologist, trainee radiologist, and service manager of a garage all have in common?

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