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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ballard adjust the rear view mirror as he drives with Vaughan and the two airport prostitutes?
(a) To see if Catherine is following them.
(b) To see if Seagrave is following them.
(c) To watch the two girls have sex.
(d) To watch Vaughan and the girl have sex.

2. What word does Ballard repeat several times in his description of the car crash at the beginning of the book?
(a) Stoic.
(b) Strange.
(c) Stylized.
(d) Static.

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

4. Who, according to Ballard, "read the answer to her unspoken questions in the scars on my legs and chest" in the hospital?
(a) His mistress.
(b) His nurse.
(c) His wife.
(d) His doctor.

5. Who does Ballard see on his balcony when he is caught in a traffic jam?
(a) Vaughan.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Renata.
(d) Seagrave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the film studio Ballard works for located?

2. What is the name of the avenue that Ballard and Vaughan drive along with the two airport prostitutes?

3. What lay in the dashboard locker below the instrument panel of the Citroen Pallas saloon car?

4. When Ballard first sees Helen at the hospital, what is the scarred man wearing under his lab coat?

5. 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?

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