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

2. According to Ballard, what happens on the fourth day in the hospital "for no evident reason"?
(a) The nurses harrass him.
(b) The anesthetics are withdrawn.
(c) The IV fluids are taken.
(d) The doctors don't come.

3. What do all the cars Ballard drives remind him of?
(a) The current drivers and passengers.
(b) The dead drivers and passengers.
(c) The previous drivers and passengers.
(d) The would-be drivers and passengers.

4. What does Ballard note about the Lincoln Continental Vaughan drives?
(a) It is the same make as Ballard's car.
(b) It is the same make as Catherine's car.
(c) It is the same make as the one Elizabeth Taylor drives.
(d) It is the same make of the one in which President Kennedy died.

5. What does Ballard do for the week after being released from the hospital?
(a) Sits on the veranda.
(b) Walks around the neighborhood.
(c) Watches television.
(d) Sleeps on the couch.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ballard, all who knew Vaughan accepted what about a car-crash?

2. According to Ballard, Catherine's driving becomes what after his release from the hospital?

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.

4. What word does Ballard repeat several times in his description of the car crash at the beginning of the book?

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

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