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

2. What kind of commercial did Ballard prepare that he hoped to use a well-known actress for?
(a) An airline commercial.
(b) A car commerical.
(c) A beer commercial.
(d) A cigarette commercial.

3. Who did Vaughan collide with two months earlier when he lurched from a concealed access road?
(a) A filmmaker.
(b) Two mechanics.
(c) A stunt driver.
(d) Two air hostesses.

4. 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) Madonna.
(b) Angel.
(c) Devil.
(d) Child.

5. The firemen who cut Ballard's door from its hinges looked like what according to Ballard?
(a) Actors in a one-act play.
(b) Accomplices in a jewelry heist.
(c) Athletes in a football game.
(d) Assistants of a gored bullfighter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many weeks does Ballard stay in the hospital after the crash in Chapter 2?

2. Who dies as the novel opens?

3. What kind of airline pilot removes the young wife from the crash with Ballard?

4. What did Vaughan steal from Ballard ten days before Vaughan's death?

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

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