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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ballard notes that most of the celebrities listed for imaginary crashes in Vaughan's questionnaire are what?
(a) Men.
(b) Alive.
(c) Dead.
(d) Women.

2. Who does Ballard witness an argument between in the woman's ward of the hospital?
(a) A sister in charge and a nurse.
(b) A doctor and a nurse.
(c) A sister in charge and doctor.
(d) A patient and her sister.

3. What kind of business has Catherine started up with one of her boyfriends?
(a) A bus-tourist charter firm.
(b) A walking-tourist charter firm.
(c) A cycle-tourist charter firm.
(d) An air-tourist charter firm.

4. What is the effect on Ballard of Vaughan following him in his car?
(a) Ballard thinks he will be involved in a second accident.
(b) Ballard thinks he will have a nervous breakdown.
(c) Ballard thinks he will turn Vaughan in.
(d) Ballard thinks he will kill Vaughan.

5. Who does Ballard first take in a rental car to the scene of his accident that killed Helen's husband?
(a) Helen.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Renata.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ballard, all who knew Vaughan accepted what about a car-crash?

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

3. In the hospital, what contained the "hundred histories of collision and bereavement" according to Ballard?

4. What does Ballard notice about the crowd that gathered at the junction of the eastern descent ramp of the flyover?

5. What kind of commercial did Ballard prepare that he hoped to use a well-known actress for?

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