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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ballard, why does the young wife who is removed from her car after the crash resemble a "mentally defective girl" he once saw perform in a play?
(a) Because the young wife's crying sounds like the girl's singing.
(b) Because the young wife's expression looks like the girl's face.
(c) Because the young wife's legs look like the girl's pirouette.
(d) Because the young wife's wounds look like the girl's scars.

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

3. Who does Ballard first take in a rental car to the scene of his accident that killed Helen's husband?
(a) Helen.
(b) Catherine.
(c) No one.
(d) Renata.

4. What kind of business has Catherine started up with one of her boyfriends?
(a) A walking-tourist charter firm.
(b) An air-tourist charter firm.
(c) A bus-tourist charter firm.
(d) A cycle-tourist charter firm.

5. What did Vaughan steal from Ballard ten days before Vaughan's death?
(a) His car.
(b) His wallet.
(c) His wife.
(d) His job.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the hospital, what contained the "hundred histories of collision and bereavement" according to Ballard?

2. What pictures is Ballard's passenger looking at when they arrive at the scene of his accident that killed Helen's husband?

3. What kind of films did Ballard and Catherine see at the small art-cinema near their home?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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