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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Renata meets Ballard in the parking lot of the studio, what does she ask him about the crushed Citroen Pallas saloon car?
(a) If Sean Connery will drive it.
(b) If Julie Andrews will drive it.
(c) If Paul Newman will drive it.
(d) If Elizabeth Taylor will drive it.

2. What fiberglass replica does Seagrave have in his show-room?
(a) A 1960's Jaguar.
(b) A 1930's Brooklands.
(c) A 1950's Austin.
(d) A 1940's Hisso.

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

4. When Ballard tells Catherine that she should have gone to the funeral for Helen's husband, how does she respond?
(a) She tells him she's glad she didn't because she felt too guilty.
(b) She tells him she wished she had, but that she wasn't ready.
(c) She tells him she couldn't go because he killed him.
(d) She tells him he shouldn't expect her to do what he wants.

5. 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 famine victims.
(b) Pictures of naked women.
(c) Pictures of car crashes.
(d) Pictures of beauty products.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ballard, why did Vaughan's former career come to an abrupt end?

2. Who, according to Ballard, "read the answer to her unspoken questions in the scars on my legs and chest" in the hospital?

3. Ballard states that in the last weeks with Vaughan, the women Vaughan brought to the car each night began to resemble who more closely?

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

5. Why is Ballard skeptical about Helen working for the Road Research Laboratory?

(see the answer key)

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