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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the park where Ballard and Catherine's apartment is located?
(a) Dresden.
(b) Drayton.
(c) Drake.
(d) Drummond.

2. After leaving the hospital, what does Vaughan show Ballard at Seagrave's house?
(a) An album of accident photos.
(b) A film of car crashes.
(c) A museum of car parts.
(d) A laboratory of blood samples.

3. What is the name of Ballard's wife?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Vera.
(c) Helen.
(d) Renata.

4. Why would Vaughan arrange women in stylized positions in cars?
(a) To photograph them.
(b) To film them.
(c) To write about them.
(d) To paint them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cars collide at the junction of the eastern descent ramp of the flyover?

2. Who dies as the novel opens?

3. As Ballard drives home with Catherine after being released from the hospital, how does the image of a car change for him after his accident?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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