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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ballard take one of the three prostitutes to?
(a) The top deck of a car park.
(b) The deserted garage of a church.
(c) The driveway of a colleague's.
(d) The back lot of a film studio.

2. What does Ballard do for the week after being released from the hospital?
(a) Sleeps on the couch.
(b) Walks around the neighborhood.
(c) Sits on the veranda.
(d) Watches television.

3. 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.

4. At Northolt station, why does Helen ask Ballard to take her to the airport?
(a) Because she is picking up a friend from America.
(b) Because she works in the immigration department.
(c) Because she is taking a vacation to Spain.
(d) Because she likes to see the planes take off and land.

5. What does Helen do when Ballard first addresses her in the hospital?
(a) She laughs at him.
(b) She ignores him.
(c) She hits him.
(d) She screams at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Helen and Ballard's trysts take place?

2. According to Ballard, "For Vaughan, the car-crash and his own ______ had made their final marriage."

3. According to Ballard, who wears her hair in a "simulated Afro wig"?

4. According to Ballard, "Above all, the apartment was dominated by Vaughan's evident _____."

5. What kind of high does Ballard state Vaughan was in when he met him for the last time?

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