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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Ballard first take in a rental car to the scene of his accident that killed Helen's husband?
(a) No one.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Renata.
(d) Helen.

3. Ballard states that the time he spent with Vaughan left him in a state of increasing what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Violence.
(d) Resolve.

4. On the Harlington clearway, besides the customized fiberglass sports car, and a chauffeur-driven government saloon, what other car is involved a crash?
(a) A BMW.
(b) A Toyota.
(c) A Volkswagon.
(d) A Mercedes.

5. Who does Ballard's wife Catherine tell him he looks like in the hospital?
(a) A child out of Charles Dicken's.
(b) A murderer in an Agatha Christie mystery.
(c) A victim in Madame Tussaud's.
(d) A gentleman in Harrod's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the young woman chauffeur of the government saloon on the Harlington clearway?

2. Where do Vaughan, Gabrielle, and Ballard visit at Earls Court?

3. When Ballard is lifted onto the stretcher after the crash, how does he feel?

4. What is the "dented silver cube" Vaughan gives Ballard in the car during their last meeting?

5. According to Ballard, why does the young wife who is removed from her car after the crash resemble a "mentally defective girl" he once saw perform in a play?

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