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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, what do the scars above his patella replicate?
(a) The knobs for the radio and emergency brakes.
(b) The handles for the air and rearview mirror.
(c) The keys for the ignition and the dashboard compartment.
(d) The switches for the windshield wipers and parking lights.

2. What injuries does Ballard sustain after the crash?
(a) Herniated disc.
(b) Punctured lungs.
(c) Broken elbows.
(d) Fractured knee-caps.

3. According to Ballard, the young wife of the man killed in the car crash stared at him with a look that resembled a ________in an Early Renaissance icon.
(a) Devil.
(b) Madonna.
(c) Child.
(d) Angel.

4. Who is Francis Waring, according to Ballard?
(a) His partner's bored wife.
(b) A doctor at the hospital.
(c) Catherine's lover's wife.
(d) A minor film actress.

5. According to Ballard, as he recuperates in the hospital, what does he state as the "only real experience" he had been through in years?
(a) His affair.
(b) His fantasies.
(c) His crash.
(d) His guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ballard at the end of Chapter 2, the radiator grills of their cars resembled what?

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

3. What is the name of the place where Vaughan and Ballard watch vehicles crash into concrete blocks?

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

5. Who witnessed Ballard inappropriately touch a flight attendant on an escalator and were on his flight to Orly?

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