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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who dies as the novel opens?
(a) Dr. Robert Vaughan.
(b) James Ballard.
(c) Catherine Ballard.
(d) Dr. Helen Remington.

3. According to Ballard, Catherine's driving becomes what after his release from the hospital?
(a) Slow.
(b) Better.
(c) Fast.
(d) Worse.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ballard is lifted onto the stretcher after the crash, how does he feel?

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

3. According to Ballard, what do the scars above his patella replicate?

4. When the young wife of the man killed in the crash with Ballard exits her car, what does she do?

5. According to Ballard, why did Vaughan's former career come to an abrupt end?

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