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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Ballard recognize the man taking pictures of him as Vaughan?
(a) Because he is a TV star.
(b) Because he is a notorious criminal.
(c) Because he is a government official.
(d) Because he is a famous writer.

3. According to Ballard at the end of Chapter 2, the radiator grills of their cars resembled what?
(a) A "peaceful sleep."
(b) A "perverse union."
(c) A "protective grimace."
(d) A "positive force."

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

5. What is Vaughan's scientific subject?
(a) Chemistry specialist in dark matter.
(b) Physics specialist in atom collision.
(c) Biology specialist in human reproduction.
(d) Computer specialist in traffic systems.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Ballard that there is "a certain moral virtue in being materialistic"?

2. The walls of Vaughan's apartment are covered with close-ups of whose body?

3. Who did Vaughan collide with two months earlier when he lurched from a concealed access road?

4. What pictures is Ballard's passenger looking at when they arrive at the scene of his accident that killed Helen's husband?

5. According to Ballard, his "_________obsessions soon made themselves evident to ______ _________."

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