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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 do all the cars Ballard drives remind him of?
(a) The previous drivers and passengers.
(b) The would-be drivers and passengers.
(c) The current drivers and passengers.
(d) The dead drivers and passengers.

2. Why does Ballard recognize the man taking pictures of him as Vaughan?
(a) Because he is a TV star.
(b) Because he is a government official.
(c) Because he is a notorious criminal.
(d) Because he is a famous writer.

3. Who, according to Ballard, "read the answer to her unspoken questions in the scars on my legs and chest" in the hospital?
(a) His wife.
(b) His nurse.
(c) His mistress.
(d) His doctor.

4. What is Ballard's "ironic gesture" to provoke Catherine and Renate, who don't want him to drive?
(a) Buying cars.
(b) Stealing cars.
(c) Renting cars.
(d) Borrowing cars.

5. Who does Ballard witness an argument between in the woman's ward of the hospital?
(a) A sister in charge and doctor.
(b) A sister in charge and a nurse.
(c) A doctor and a nurse.
(d) A patient and her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose body does Ballard visualize injured in a series of accidents at various stages of her life?

2. What kind of creatures does Ballard see along the motorway as he drives during his last meeting with Vaughan?

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

4. What kind of business has Catherine started up with one of her boyfriends?

5. In the parking lot outside the hospital, Ballard says that his hostility towards Vaughan gave way to what?

(see the answer key)

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