1. According to Ballard, if the famous actress Vaughan obsessed over never died in a car-crash, what had Vaughan created instead?
(a) All the possibilities of Vaughan's death.
(b) All the possibilities of the actress's death.
(c) All the possibilities of Ballard's death.
(d) All the possibilities of Catherine's death.

2. How does Seagrave preempt the "real death" that Vaughan reserved for himself?
(a) By driving Elizabeth Taylor's limo in his own death.
(b) By wearing Vaughan's jacket and trousers in Elizabeth Taylor's death.
(c) By driving Vaughan's Lincoln in Elizabeth Taylor's death.
(d) By wearing Elizabeth Taylor's wig and costume in his own death.

3. When Renata meets Ballard in the parking lot of the studio, what does she ask him about the crushed Citroen Pallas saloon car?
(a) If Sean Connery will drive it.
(b) If Paul Newman will drive it.
(c) If Julie Andrews will drive it.
(d) If Elizabeth Taylor will drive it.

4. What is the name of the famous writer that Vaughan has an agency picture of for his questionnaire?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Kurt Vonnegut.
(c) Albert Camus.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

5. Who did Vaughan collide with two months earlier when he lurched from a concealed access road?
(a) Two air hostesses.
(b) Two mechanics.
(c) A filmmaker.
(d) A stunt driver.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ballard goes to the garage, what does he see on a rear window sill that reminds him of his own personal possessions scattered on the floor of his car after the crash?

2. At the Road Research Laboratory, who does Helen stare at "almost as if they were patients whom she hoped to treat"?

3. Who dies as the novel opens?

4. What is the name the researchers at the Road Research Laboratory give the mannequin on the motorcycle?

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

(see the answer key)

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