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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 Helen tell Ballard about why she's at Northolt?
(a) She tells him she's filing charges against him.
(b) She tells him she's being interviewed by the police.
(c) She tells him she's looking for Vaughan.
(d) She tells him she's looking for her husband's car.

2. What kind of airline pilot removes the young wife from the crash with Ballard?
(a) Pacific.
(b) Arab.
(c) French.
(d) Royal.

3. Where is the film studio Ballard works for located?
(a) Shepperton.
(b) Salisbury.
(c) Swindon.
(d) Somerset.

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

5. What does Helen do when Ballard first addresses her in the hospital?
(a) She screams at him.
(b) She ignores him.
(c) She laughs at him.
(d) She hits him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ballard call the "nightmare angel of expressways"?

2. What kind of films did Ballard and Catherine see at the small art-cinema near their home?

3. What kind of car does Catherine drive?

4. Who does Ballard witness an argument between in the woman's ward of the hospital?

5. What is Ballard's "ironic gesture" to provoke Catherine and Renate, who don't want him to drive?

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