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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ballard, his "_________obsessions soon made themselves evident to ______ _________."
(a) Messianic; Paul Waring.
(b) Tyrannical; Paul Waring.
(c) Tyrannical; Robert Vaughan.
(d) Messianic; Robert Vaughan.

2. What kind of car does Catherine drive?
(a) A minivan.
(b) A sports car.
(c) A truck.
(d) A large sedan.

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

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

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

6. What does Helen tell Ballard about why she's at Northolt?
(a) She tells him she's filing charges against him.
(b) She tells him she's being interviewed by the police.
(c) She tells him she's looking for her husband's car.
(d) She tells him she's looking for Vaughan.

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

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

9. When Ballard goes to the garage, what does he see on a rear window sill that reminds him of his own personal possessions scattered on the floor of his car after the crash?
(a) A necktie.
(b) A purse.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A briefcase.

10. In the parking lot outside the hospital, Ballard says that his hostility towards Vaughan gave way to what?
(a) Admiration, even envy.
(b) Deference, even subservience.
(c) Passion, even love.
(d) Fear, even panic.

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

12. Who dies as the novel opens?
(a) Dr. Robert Vaughan.
(b) Catherine Ballard.
(c) Dr. Helen Remington.
(d) James Ballard.

13. Who does Ballard take to the stock-car races in the stadium at Northolt?
(a) Helen.
(b) His wife.
(c) Vaughan.
(d) Renata.

14. Who does Ballard first take in a rental car to the scene of his accident that killed Helen's husband?
(a) Catherine.
(b) No one.
(c) Helen.
(d) Renata.

15. When Ballard first sees Helen at the hospital, what is the scarred man wearing under his lab coat?
(a) A gold cross.
(b) A brass medallion.
(c) A copper emblem.
(d) A silver tag.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the film studio Ballard works for located?

2. What does Ballard realize about his first meeting with Vaughan?

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

4. As Ballard waits for someone to reassure him after the crash, what does he imagine firemen doing with carbon dioxide sprays?

5. When the young wife of the man killed in the crash with Ballard exits her car, what does she do?

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