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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helen tell Ballard about why she's at Northolt?
(a) She tells him she's looking for her husband's car.
(b) She tells him she's being interviewed by the police.
(c) She tells him she's looking for Vaughan.
(d) She tells him she's filing charges against him.

2. Why did Ballard have his safety belt on when leaving his secretary, Renata, before the crash?
(a) To prevent being injured should he get into a car crash.
(b) To prevent him from the temptation of crashing into another car.
(c) To avoid getting a ticket from the police.
(d) To avoid her the embarrassment of having to embrace him.

3. Why does Ballard recognize the man taking pictures of him as Vaughan?
(a) Because he is a government official.
(b) Because he is a famous writer.
(c) Because he is a TV star.
(d) Because he is a notorious criminal.

4. When the young wife of the man killed in the crash with Ballard exits her car, what does she do?
(a) Screams.
(b) Vomits.
(c) Urinates.
(d) Laughs.

5. The walls of Vaughan's apartment are covered with close-ups of whose body?
(a) James Ballard's.
(b) Dr. Helen Remington's.
(c) Elizabeth Taylor's.
(d) Marilyn Monroe's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vaughan hold in his hand that he claims can help recreate the Mansfield, Camus, and Kennedy crashes?

2. Where are Ballard, Catherine, and Vaughan when Catherine and Vaughan have sex in the backseat?

3. Ballard notes that most of the celebrities listed for imaginary crashes in Vaughan's questionnaire are what?

4. According to Ballard, Catherine's driving becomes what after his release from the hospital?

5. What does Vaughan ask Ballard to do when they got to Earls Court?

(see the answer key)

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