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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Ballard have his safety belt on when leaving his secretary, Renata, before the crash?
(a) To avoid her the embarrassment of having to embrace him.
(b) To avoid getting a ticket from the police.
(c) To prevent him from the temptation of crashing into another car.
(d) To prevent being injured should he get into a car crash.

2. In the hospital, what contained the "hundred histories of collision and bereavement" according to Ballard?
(a) The full IV bags.
(b) The broken wheelchairs.
(c) The empty beds.
(d) The covered gurneys.

3. What did Vaughan rehearse for in the days before his death?
(a) A one-man show.
(b) His wedding.
(c) His own death.
(d) Ballard's murder.

4. Why would Vaughan arrange women in stylized positions in cars?
(a) To write about them.
(b) To photograph them.
(c) To paint them.
(d) To film them.

5. According to Ballard, Catherine's driving becomes what after his release from the hospital?
(a) Fast.
(b) Slow.
(c) Worse.
(d) Better.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does the fatal car crash that nearly misses Elizabeth Taylor occur?

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

5. When Ballard goes to the garage, what does he see on a rear window sill that reminds him of his own personal possessions scattered on the floor of his car after the crash?

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