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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Vaughan do as he drives past the crash at the junction of the eastern descent ramp of the flyover?
(a) Cheer.
(b) Honk his horn.
(c) Take pictures.
(d) Expose himself.

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

4. Why does Ballard adjust the rear view mirror as he drives with Vaughan and the two airport prostitutes?
(a) To watch Vaughan and the girl have sex.
(b) To watch the two girls have sex.
(c) To see if Catherine is following them.
(d) To see if Seagrave is following them.

5. What is Ballard's "ironic gesture" to provoke Catherine and Renate, who don't want him to drive?
(a) Borrowing cars.
(b) Buying cars.
(c) Stealing cars.
(d) Renting cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the parking lot outside the hospital, Ballard says that his hostility towards Vaughan gave way to what?

2. What kind of business has Catherine started up with one of her boyfriends?

3. Who witnessed Ballard inappropriately touch a flight attendant on an escalator and were on his flight to Orly?

4. What kind of dog did Ballard hit two years earlier when he notices the same deformation on Vaughan's car?

5. What word does Ballard repeat several times in his description of the car crash at the beginning of the book?

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