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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 the narrator, with whom did Vaughan want to die in a collision?
(a) Elizabeth Taylor.
(b) James Ballard.
(c) Dr. Helen Remington.
(d) Catherine Ballard.

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

3. According to Ballard at the end of Chapter 2, the radiator grills of their cars resembled what?
(a) A "positive force."
(b) A "peaceful sleep."
(c) A "protective grimace."
(d) A "perverse union."

4. What pictures is Ballard's passenger looking at when they arrive at the scene of his accident that killed Helen's husband?
(a) Pictures of car crashes.
(b) Pictures of beauty products.
(c) Pictures of famine victims.
(d) Pictures of naked women.

5. When Ballard goes to the garage, what does he see on a rear window sill that reminds him of his own personal possessions scattered on the floor of his car after the crash?
(a) A purse.
(b) A necktie.
(c) A briefcase.
(d) A scarf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Ballard three days after his surgery in the hospital?

2. How many cars did Ballard miss before hitting the one that kills a man?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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