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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 nothing to do with revenge or blackmail.
(b) That his motive for following him has something to do with blackmail, but not revenge.
(c) That his motives for following him have everything to do with revenge and blackmail.
(d) That his motive for following him has something to do with revenge, but not blackmail.

2. 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.
(a) Madonna.
(b) Devil.
(c) Child.
(d) Angel.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ballard note about the Lincoln Continental Vaughan drives?

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

3. How many weeks does Ballard stay in the hospital after the crash in Chapter 2?

4. When Ballard goes to the garage, what does he see on a rear window sill that reminds him of his own personal possessions scattered on the floor of his car after the crash?

5. What injuries does Ballard sustain after the crash?

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