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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the fatal car crash that nearly misses Elizabeth Taylor occur?
(a) At an airport.
(b) Next to a school.
(c) Near a film studio.
(d) By a park.

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

4. What is the name of the place where Vaughan and Ballard watch vehicles crash into concrete blocks?
(a) Vehicular Safety Compound.
(b) Road Research Laboratory.
(c) Auto Mechanic School.
(d) Crash Test Site.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the man killed in the car crash with Ballard work for?

2. Why would Vaughan arrange women in stylized positions in cars?

3. 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?

4. After the crash, Ballard states that an "uneasy _____ carried me towards the hospital."

5. What kind of airline pilot removes the young wife from the crash with Ballard?

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