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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pictures is Ballard's passenger looking at when they arrive at the scene of his accident that killed Helen's husband?
(a) Pictures of naked women.
(b) Pictures of beauty products.
(c) Pictures of famine victims.
(d) Pictures of car crashes.

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

3. What premonitions does Ballard begin to have after being released from the hospital?
(a) The end of the world by automobile.
(b) The return to a pre-industrial age.
(c) The second coming of Jesus.
(d) The salvation of sinners everywhere.

4. Why does Ballard visit the Northolt police pound?
(a) To pay a fine.
(b) To see the police.
(c) To see his car.
(d) To see Vaughan.

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

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

7. Out of three "airport whores" Ballard comes across at a traffic island, which one does he pick up?
(a) The nicest one.
(b) The prettiest one.
(c) The eldest one.
(d) The youngest one.

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

9. According to the narrator, with whom did Vaughan want to die in a collision?
(a) Catherine Ballard.
(b) Elizabeth Taylor.
(c) Dr. Helen Remington.
(d) James Ballard.

10. According to Ballard, the young wife of the man killed in the car crash stared at him with a look that resembled a ________in an Early Renaissance icon.
(a) Angel.
(b) Madonna.
(c) Devil.
(d) Child.

11. What happens to Ballard three days after his surgery in the hospital?
(a) He has an allergic reaction.
(b) He has a spiritual conversion.
(c) He gets a minor infection.
(d) He meets his wife's lover.

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

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

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

15. What does Helen do when Ballard first addresses her in the hospital?
(a) She hits him.
(b) She ignores him.
(c) She screams at him.
(d) She laughs at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ballard, all who knew Vaughan accepted what about a car-crash?

2. What kind of films did Ballard and Catherine see at the small art-cinema near their home?

3. On their driving excursions to look for accident sites, what does Vaughan describe to Ballard?

4. The firemen who cut Ballard's door from its hinges looked like what according to Ballard?

5. Who did the man killed in the car crash with Ballard work for?

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