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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 does Ballard take to the stock-car races in the stadium at Northolt?
(a) Vaughan.
(b) Renata.
(c) Helen.
(d) His wife.

2. According to Ballard, what would Ballard and Vaughan listen to on their way to accident sites?
(a) Music.
(b) BBC news.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Police broadcasts.

3. After Ballard and Vaughan have sex during their last meeting, Ballard states that a profound sense of what washed over him?
(a) Fear.
(b) Hope.
(c) Calm.
(d) Anger.

4. What does Ballard see on the oil-smeared windshield during his last meeting with Vaughan?
(a) Paint.
(b) Shadows.
(c) Flies.
(d) Blood.

5. As Ballard waits for someone to reassure him after the crash, what does he imagine firemen doing with carbon dioxide sprays?
(a) Spraying the spectators to punish them.
(b) Tracing obscene or humorous slogans.
(c) Enacting a grotesque simulation of violence.
(d) Coiling dead bodies on the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ballard adjust the rear view mirror as he drives with Vaughan and the two airport prostitutes?

2. Who does Ballard witness an argument between in the woman's ward of the hospital?

3. After the simulated crash with the family of four and the motorcycle at the Road Research Laboratory, what does Vaughan tell Ballard he's always wanted to do?

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

5. What is the effect on Ballard of Vaughan following him in his car?

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