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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The firemen who cut Ballard's door from its hinges looked like what according to Ballard?
(a) Assistants of a gored bullfighter.
(b) Athletes in a football game.
(c) Accomplices in a jewelry heist.
(d) Actors in a one-act play.

2. In the hospital, what contained the "hundred histories of collision and bereavement" according to Ballard?
(a) The covered gurneys.
(b) The empty beds.
(c) The full IV bags.
(d) The broken wheelchairs.

3. After the crash, Ballard states that an "uneasy _____ carried me towards the hospital."
(a) Euphoria.
(b) Fear.
(c) Calm.
(d) Sadness.

4. What did Vaughan rehearse for in the days before his death?
(a) Ballard's murder.
(b) His wedding.
(c) A one-man show.
(d) His own death.

5. Why does Ballard visit the Northolt police pound?
(a) To pay a fine.
(b) To see the police.
(c) To see his car.
(d) To see Vaughan.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to Ballard, what do the scars above his patella replicate?

4. What did Vaughan steal from Ballard ten days before Vaughan's death?

5. Where does the fatal car crash that nearly misses Elizabeth Taylor occur?

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