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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the famous writer that Vaughan has an agency picture of for his questionnaire?
(a) Kurt Vonnegut.
(b) Albert Camus.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

2. According to Ballard, Catherine's driving becomes what after his release from the hospital?
(a) Worse.
(b) Better.
(c) Slow.
(d) Fast.

3. Where do Ballard and Vaughan meet for the last time?
(a) In the Oceanic Terminal.
(b) In the Western Terminal.
(c) In the Europa Terminal.
(d) In the Heathrow Terminal.

4. 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?
(a) Because the young wife's expression looks like the girl's face.
(b) Because the young wife's legs look like the girl's pirouette.
(c) Because the young wife's wounds look like the girl's scars.
(d) Because the young wife's crying sounds like the girl's singing.

5. Where do the stunt drivers at the stock-car races in the stadium at Northolt work?
(a) At Road Research Laboratory.
(b) At the hospital.
(c) At Shepperton Studios.
(d) At the airport.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the hospital, what contained the "hundred histories of collision and bereavement" according to Ballard?

2. What is the name of the place where Vaughan and Ballard watch vehicles crash into concrete blocks?

3. What is Helen wearing when Ballard sees her in the yard at Northolt station?

4. What did Vaughan steal from Ballard ten days before Vaughan's death?

5. According to Ballard, his "_________obsessions soon made themselves evident to ______ _________."

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