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

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

3. On their driving excursions to look for accident sites, what does Vaughan describe to Ballard?
(a) "Countless love affairs."
(b) "Countless imaginary disasters."
(c) "Countless regrets and disappointments."
(d) "Countless dreams of redemption."

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

5. What premonitions does Ballard begin to have after being released from the hospital?
(a) The end of the world by automobile.
(b) The return to a pre-industrial age.
(c) The salvation of sinners everywhere.
(d) The second coming of Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After the crash, Ballard states that an "uneasy _____ carried me towards the hospital."

3. According to Ballard at the end of Chapter 2, the radiator grills of their cars resembled what?

4. According to Ballard, "For Vaughan, the car-crash and his own ______ had made their final marriage."

5. 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.

(see the answer key)

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