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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who dies as the novel opens?
(a) James Ballard.
(b) Catherine Ballard.
(c) Dr. Helen Remington.
(d) Dr. Robert Vaughan.

2. According to Ballard, what would Ballard and Vaughan listen to on their way to accident sites?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Police broadcasts.
(c) BBC news.
(d) Music.

3. What is the name of the park where Ballard and Catherine's apartment is located?
(a) Dresden.
(b) Drake.
(c) Drayton.
(d) Drummond.

4. Who is Francis Waring, according to Ballard?
(a) A doctor at the hospital.
(b) A minor film actress.
(c) Catherine's lover's wife.
(d) His partner's bored wife.

5. 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) It contained multiple identities.
(c) Its true nature had been exposed.
(d) It became an object of fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the young wife of the man killed in the crash with Ballard exits her car, what does she do?

2. According to Ballard, as he recuperates in the hospital, what does he state as the "only real experience" he had been through in years?

3. According to Ballard, Catherine's driving becomes what after his release from the hospital?

4. What is the name of Ballard's wife?

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

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