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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Ballard three days after his surgery in the hospital?
(a) He has an allergic reaction.
(b) He meets his wife's lover.
(c) He gets a minor infection.
(d) He has a spiritual conversion.

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

3. According to Ballard, as he recuperates in the hospital, what does he state as the "only real experience" he had been through in years?
(a) His guilt.
(b) His crash.
(c) His fantasies.
(d) His affair.

4. After the crash, Ballard states that an "uneasy _____ carried me towards the hospital."
(a) Fear.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Euphoria.
(d) Calm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ballard at the end of Chapter 2, the radiator grills of their cars resembled what?

2. What is the person parked behind Ballard at the scene of the accident that killed Helen's husband doing?

3. When Ballard is lifted onto the stretcher after the crash, how does he feel?

4. What injuries does Ballard sustain after the crash?

5. Why did Ballard have his safety belt on when leaving his secretary, Renata, before the crash?

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