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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On their driving excursions to look for accident sites, what does Vaughan describe to Ballard?
(a) "Countless love affairs."
(b) "Countless imaginary disasters."
(c) "Countless regrets and disappointments."
(d) "Countless dreams of redemption."

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

3. When the young wife of the man killed in the crash with Ballard exits her car, what does she do?
(a) Screams.
(b) Urinates.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Vomits.

4. According to Ballard, all who knew Vaughan accepted what about a car-crash?
(a) Its "perverse eroticism."
(b) Its "logical torture."
(c) Its "tragic flaw."
(d) Its "intellectual stimulation."

5. As Ballard is taken to the hospital after his crash, he recalls that "Vaughan collected the _____of ________nurses in his photographic albums."
(a) Smiles; casualty.
(b) Smiles; emergency.
(c) Grimaces; emergency.
(d) Grimaces; casualty.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Crash" is set in what city?

2. What is the name of Ballard's wife?

3. Where is the film studio Ballard works for located?

4. According to Ballard, why does the young wife who is removed from her car after the crash resemble a "mentally defective girl" he once saw perform in a play?

5. According to Ballard, what would Ballard and Vaughan listen to on their way to accident sites?

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