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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the hospital, what contained the "hundred histories of collision and bereavement" according to Ballard?
(a) The broken wheelchairs.
(b) The covered gurneys.
(c) The full IV bags.
(d) The empty beds.

3. 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 Catherine's death.
(c) All the possibilities of the actress's death.
(d) All the possibilities of Ballard's death.

4. What kind of injuries from car crashes is Vaughan most preoccupied, according to Ballard?
(a) Spinal wounds.
(b) Facial wounds.
(c) Genital wounds.
(d) Abdominal wounds.

5. What is the word Ballard uses to describe Vaughan following Catherine?
(a) Stalking.
(b) Lawless.
(c) Obsession.
(d) Courtship.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does Ballard call the "nightmare angel of expressways"?

4. Why is Ballard skeptical about Helen working for the Road Research Laboratory?

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

(see the answer key)

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