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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ballard take one of the three prostitutes to?
(a) The back lot of a film studio.
(b) The deserted garage of a church.
(c) The top deck of a car park.
(d) The driveway of a colleague's.

2. Who dies as the novel opens?
(a) Dr. Robert Vaughan.
(b) Dr. Helen Remington.
(c) Catherine Ballard.
(d) James Ballard.

3. Who does Ballard take to the stock-car races in the stadium at Northolt?
(a) His wife.
(b) Renata.
(c) Vaughan.
(d) Helen.

4. Who did the man killed in the car crash with Ballard work for?
(a) An American food company.
(b) An Italian car manufacturer.
(c) A British travel agency.
(d) A German weapons producer.

5. According to Ballard, who wears her hair in a "simulated Afro wig"?
(a) Vera.
(b) Renata.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Helen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, with whom did Vaughan want to die in a collision?

3. As Ballard drives home with Catherine after being released from the hospital, how does the image of a car change for him after his accident?

4. What do the subjects who completed Vaughan's questionnaire all have in common?

5. Who does Ballard call the "nightmare angel of expressways"?

(see the answer key)

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