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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The firemen who cut Ballard's door from its hinges looked like what according to Ballard?
(a) Actors in a one-act play.
(b) Accomplices in a jewelry heist.
(c) Assistants of a gored bullfighter.
(d) Athletes in a football game.

3. Who, according to Ballard, "read the answer to her unspoken questions in the scars on my legs and chest" in the hospital?
(a) His nurse.
(b) His wife.
(c) His doctor.
(d) His mistress.

4. How many cars did Ballard miss before hitting the one that kills a man?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

5. What is the name of Catherine's secretary whom she asks Ballard to visualize her having intercourse with?
(a) Kathy.
(b) Katrina.
(c) Kelly.
(d) Karen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ballard do for the week after being released from the hospital?

2. Who does Ballard's wife Catherine tell him he looks like in the hospital?

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

4. "Crash" is set in what city?

5. In the hospital, what contained the "hundred histories of collision and bereavement" according to Ballard?

(see the answer key)

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