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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 Ballard realize about his first meeting with Vaughan?
(a) That his motives for following him have everything to do with revenge and blackmail.
(b) That his motives for following him have nothing to do with revenge or blackmail.
(c) That his motive for following him has something to do with revenge, but not blackmail.
(d) That his motive for following him has something to do with blackmail, but not revenge.

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

3. What is Ballard's "ironic gesture" to provoke Catherine and Renate, who don't want him to drive?
(a) Borrowing cars.
(b) Stealing cars.
(c) Renting cars.
(d) Buying cars.

4. Where do Helen and Ballard's trysts take place?
(a) In Helen's apartment.
(b) At a hotel.
(c) In Ballard's car.
(d) Near the airport.

5. Who does Ballard call the "nightmare angel of expressways"?
(a) Vaughan.
(b) Ballard.
(c) Helen Remington.
(d) Elizabeth Taylor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Ballard have his safety belt on when leaving his secretary, Renata, before the crash?

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

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

5. Who did the man killed in the car crash with Ballard work for?

(see the answer key)

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