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

2. According to Ballard, all who knew Vaughan accepted what about a car-crash?
(a) Its "intellectual stimulation."
(b) Its "perverse eroticism."
(c) Its "logical torture."
(d) Its "tragic flaw."

3. After the crash, Ballard states that an "uneasy _____ carried me towards the hospital."
(a) Fear.
(b) Calm.
(c) Euphoria.
(d) Sadness.

4. In Ballard's last days with Vaughan, they no longer drive the motorway searching for accidents, but do what instead?
(a) Sleep in a motel behind the airport.
(b) Walk in a park near the airport.
(c) Drink in a bar near Vaughan's apartment.
(d) Sit in a parking lot behind Ballard' apartment.

5. What does Vaughan hold in his hand that he claims can help recreate the Mansfield, Camus, and Kennedy crashes?
(a) Hospital x-rays.
(b) Lab handouts.
(c) Studio outtakes.
(d) Freeway designs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Vaughan pick up that has been left by the police at an accident sight?

3. Who is the driver parked behind Ballard at the scene of the accident that killed Helen's husband?

4. On the Harlington clearway, besides the customized fiberglass sports car, and a chauffeur-driven government saloon, what other car is involved a crash?

5. What other famous personalities does Vaughan NOT obsess over?

(see the answer key)

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