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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 states that Vaughan was only interesting to Ballard in relation to what?
(a) His fame.
(b) His car.
(c) His camera.
(d) His intellect.

2. According to Ballard at the end of Chapter 2, the radiator grills of their cars resembled what?
(a) A "perverse union."
(b) A "protective grimace."
(c) A "positive force."
(d) A "peaceful sleep."

3. Who witnessed Ballard inappropriately touch a flight attendant on an escalator and were on his flight to Orly?
(a) A British businessman and his wife.
(b) An American businessman and his wife.
(c) A Dutch businessman and his wife.
(d) A French businessman and his wife.

4. As Ballard is taken to the hospital after his crash, he recalls that "Vaughan collected the _____of ________nurses in his photographic albums."
(a) Smiles; casualty.
(b) Grimaces; emergency.
(c) Grimaces; casualty.
(d) Smiles; emergency.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the place where Vaughan and Ballard watch vehicles crash into concrete blocks?

2. The walls of Vaughan's apartment are covered with close-ups of whose body?

3. What injuries does Ballard sustain after the crash?

4. Where do the stunt drivers at the stock-car races in the stadium at Northolt work?

5. According to Ballard, why did Vaughan's former career come to an abrupt end?

(see the answer key)

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