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

2. What did Vaughan rehearse for in the days before his death?
(a) His wedding.
(b) Ballard's murder.
(c) A one-man show.
(d) His own death.

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

4. Who, according to Ballard, "read the answer to her unspoken questions in the scars on my legs and chest" in the hospital?
(a) His wife.
(b) His nurse.
(c) His doctor.
(d) His mistress.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ballard, what happens on the fourth day in the hospital "for no evident reason"?

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

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

4. Where does the fatal car crash that nearly misses Elizabeth Taylor occur?

5. According to Ballard, "For Vaughan, the car-crash and his own ______ had made their final marriage."

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