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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The walls of Vaughan's apartment are covered with close-ups of whose body?
(a) Elizabeth Taylor's.
(b) James Ballard's.
(c) Marilyn Monroe's.
(d) Dr. Helen Remington's.

2. "Crash" is set in what city?
(a) London.
(b) Toronto.
(c) New York.
(d) Paris.

3. What is Vaughan's scientific subject?
(a) Chemistry specialist in dark matter.
(b) Computer specialist in traffic systems.
(c) Physics specialist in atom collision.
(d) Biology specialist in human reproduction.

4. The firemen who cut Ballard's door from its hinges looked like what according to Ballard?
(a) Accomplices in a jewelry heist.
(b) Actors in a one-act play.
(c) Assistants of a gored bullfighter.
(d) Athletes in a football game.

5. According to Ballard, Vaughan's relations with women were all governed by what?
(a) "Obsessive games."
(b) "Repressed desires."
(c) "Violent fantasies."
(d) "Sexist ideas."

6. What does Ballard note about the Lincoln Continental Vaughan drives?
(a) It is the same make as the one Elizabeth Taylor drives.
(b) It is the same make of the one in which President Kennedy died.
(c) It is the same make as Catherine's car.
(d) It is the same make as Ballard's car.

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

8. What word does Ballard repeat several times in his description of the car crash at the beginning of the book?
(a) Stoic.
(b) Strange.
(c) Stylized.
(d) Static.

9. When Ballard is lifted onto the stretcher after the crash, how does he feel?
(a) Relieved that he wasn't seriously injured.
(b) Guilty about causing a man to die.
(c) Isolated from the reality of the accident.
(d) Aroused at seeing the young wife.

10. When the young wife of the man killed in the crash with Ballard exits her car, what does she do?
(a) Screams.
(b) Urinates.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Vomits.

11. What did Vaughan steal from Ballard ten days before Vaughan's death?
(a) His wife.
(b) His job.
(c) His car.
(d) His wallet.

12. What is the name of the park where Ballard and Catherine's apartment is located?
(a) Drummond.
(b) Drake.
(c) Dresden.
(d) Drayton.

13. 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) Enacting a grotesque simulation of violence.
(c) Tracing obscene or humorous slogans.
(d) Coiling dead bodies on the ground.

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

15. What is the name of Ballard's wife?
(a) Helen.
(b) Renata.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Vera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helen tell Ballard about why she's at Northolt?

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

3. When Ballard first sees Helen at the hospital, what is the scarred man wearing under his lab coat?

4. What did Vaughan rehearse for in the days before his death?

5. How many cars did Ballard miss before hitting the one that kills a man?

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