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

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) Screams.
(b) Vomits.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Urinates.

2. According to Ballard, what would Ballard and Vaughan listen to on their way to accident sites?
(a) Nothing.
(b) BBC news.
(c) Police broadcasts.
(d) Music.

3. The walls of Vaughan's apartment are covered with close-ups of whose body?
(a) Marilyn Monroe's.
(b) Elizabeth Taylor's.
(c) Dr. Helen Remington's.
(d) James Ballard's.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ballard tells Catherine that she should have gone to the funeral for Helen's husband, how does she respond?

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

3. What pictures is Ballard's passenger looking at when they arrive at the scene of his accident that killed Helen's husband?

4. According to Ballard, "For Vaughan, the car-crash and his own ______ had made their final marriage."

5. Who did Vaughan collide with two months earlier when he lurched from a concealed access road?

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