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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many passengers get trapped in the limousine after the crash at the junction of the eastern descent ramp of the flyover?
(a) Two passengers.
(b) One passenger.
(c) No passengers.
(d) Six passengers.

2. According to the narrator, with whom did Vaughan want to die in a collision?
(a) Catherine Ballard.
(b) James Ballard.
(c) Elizabeth Taylor.
(d) Dr. Helen Remington.

3. On their driving excursions to look for accident sites, what does Vaughan describe to Ballard?
(a) "Countless regrets and disappointments."
(b) "Countless imaginary disasters."
(c) "Countless love affairs."
(d) "Countless dreams of redemption."

4. According to Ballard, what happens on the fourth day in the hospital "for no evident reason"?
(a) The IV fluids are taken.
(b) The nurses harrass him.
(c) The anesthetics are withdrawn.
(d) The doctors don't come.

5. Who does Ballard describe as the "perfect forgery of an Ingres"?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Seagrave.
(c) Vaughan.
(d) Renata.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the driver parked behind Ballard at the scene of the accident that killed Helen's husband?

2. Why do the police signal to Vaughan when Ballard and Vaughan leave Ballard's studio?

3. Where do Helen and Ballard's trysts take place?

4. At Northolt station, why does Helen ask Ballard to take her to the airport?

5. According to Ballard, why does the young wife who is removed from her car after the crash resemble a "mentally defective girl" he once saw perform in a play?

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