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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helen do when Ballard first addresses her in the hospital?
(a) She hits him.
(b) She laughs at him.
(c) She ignores him.
(d) She screams at him.

2. According to Ballard, why does the young wife who is removed from her car after the crash resemble a "mentally defective girl" he once saw perform in a play?
(a) Because the young wife's legs look like the girl's pirouette.
(b) Because the young wife's expression looks like the girl's face.
(c) Because the young wife's wounds look like the girl's scars.
(d) Because the young wife's crying sounds like the girl's singing.

3. Why is Ballard skeptical about Helen working for the Road Research Laboratory?
(a) Because he thinks its too close to the accident that killed her husband.
(b) Because he thinks she could get a better job as a doctor.
(c) Because he thinks that she is not qualified to work there.
(d) Because he thinks the work at the laboratory is ineffective.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Francis Waring, according to Ballard?

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

3. Who does Ballard witness an argument between in the woman's ward of the hospital?

4. What premonitions does Ballard begin to have after being released from the hospital?

5. How many cars did Ballard miss before hitting the one that kills a man?

(see the answer key)

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