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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many cars collide at the junction of the eastern descent ramp of the flyover?
(a) Seven cars collide.
(b) Five cars collide.
(c) Nine cars collide.
(d) Three cars collide.

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

3. Who tells Ballard that there is "a certain moral virtue in being materialistic"?
(a) Vera Seagrave.
(b) Helen Remington.
(c) Robert Vaughan.
(d) Catherine Ballard.

4. At the Road Research Laboratory, when does Ballard feel his sense of disembodiment and unreality increase?
(a) When the film plays.
(b) When Vaughan appears.
(c) When the visitors arrive.
(d) When the cars crash.

5. What is Vaughan's scientific subject?
(a) Biology specialist in human reproduction.
(b) Physics specialist in atom collision.
(c) Computer specialist in traffic systems.
(d) Chemistry specialist in dark matter.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the studio, who does Ballard see dressed up to resemble a famous screen actress, wearing a fawn suede coat, brassiere, and makeup?

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

3. 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?

4. Ballard and Vaughan listen to police and _______ broadcasts as they search for Seagrave, who has gone missing.

5. Who, according to Ballard, "read the answer to her unspoken questions in the scars on my legs and chest" in the hospital?

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