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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 the researchers at the Road Research Laboratory give the mannequin on the motorcycle?
(a) Dean.
(b) Elvis.
(c) Brando.
(d) Sinatra.

2. What kind of business has Catherine started up with one of her boyfriends?
(a) A bus-tourist charter firm.
(b) A cycle-tourist charter firm.
(c) An air-tourist charter firm.
(d) A walking-tourist charter firm.

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

4. What is the "dented silver cube" Vaughan gives Ballard in the car during their last meeting?
(a) Condoms.
(b) A lighter.
(c) A ring.
(d) Drugs.

5. What did Vaughan rehearse for in the days before his death?
(a) Ballard's murder.
(b) His own death.
(c) A one-man show.
(d) His wedding.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Ballard is lifted onto the stretcher after the crash, how does he feel?

3. When Vera calls to ask if he's seen Vaughan after Vaughan tried to crash into Catherine's car, what does Ballard tell her?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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