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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

5. What did Vaughan steal from Ballard ten days before Vaughan's death?
(a) His job.
(b) His car.
(c) His wife.
(d) His wallet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Vaughan rehearse for in the days before his death?

2. Who dies as the novel opens?

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

4. What kind of business has Catherine started up with one of her boyfriends?

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

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