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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vaughan do as he drives past the crash at the junction of the eastern descent ramp of the flyover?
(a) Honk his horn.
(b) Cheer.
(c) Expose himself.
(d) Take pictures.

2. According to Ballard, Vaughan's fixation on the sex-death fantasy he created became more frustrated in his last days with him for what reason?
(a) Because he no longer wanted it to occur.
(b) Because it didn't occur.
(c) Because he wanted something else to occur.
(d) Because it did occur.

3. Who wears a back brace, steel clamps and has gas bacillus scars on her kneecaps?
(a) Gabrielle.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Vera.
(d) Helen.

4. Why does Helen insist that she and Ballard follow Vaughan and Seagrave to Seagrave's home?
(a) Because Ballard doesn't trust Vaughan's motives.
(b) Because she doesn't trust Vaughan's motives.
(c) Because Ballard doesn't trust Helen's motives.
(d) Because she doesn't trust Ballard's motives.

5. According to Ballard, what left an "archipelago of pockmarks" across Vaughan's neck?
(a) Burns.
(b) Acne.
(c) Boils.
(d) Cysts.

6. How many cars collide at the junction of the eastern descent ramp of the flyover?
(a) Five cars collide.
(b) Three cars collide.
(c) Nine cars collide.
(d) Seven cars collide.

7. Since their visit to the Road Research Laboratory, Vaughan goes to the studios to see Seagrave, but Ballard thinks the real motive is what?
(a) To force an introduction with Elizabeth Taylor.
(b) To steal cars for his own reenactments.
(c) To force Ballard to leave Catherine for him.
(d) To watch the car crashes for the film.

8. How does Vaughan position himself and Catherine in the backseat while Ballard watches them have sex?
(a) In the same posture as Elizabeth Taylor and her husband.
(b) In the same posture as Vaughan and the prostitute.
(c) In the same posture as the diplomat and young woman.
(d) In the same posture as Ballard and Helen.

9. Where are Ballard, Catherine, and Vaughan when Catherine and Vaughan have sex in the backseat?
(a) A studio.
(b) An airport.
(c) A park.
(d) A carwash.

10. After leaving the hospital, what does Vaughan show Ballard at Seagrave's house?
(a) A film of car crashes.
(b) An album of accident photos.
(c) A museum of car parts.
(d) A laboratory of blood samples.

11. What does Ballard notice about the crowd that gathered at the junction of the eastern descent ramp of the flyover?
(a) There are few women.
(b) There are all men.
(c) There are some teenagers.
(d) There are a lot of children.

12. Ballard notes that most of the celebrities listed for imaginary crashes in Vaughan's questionnaire are what?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Dead.
(d) Alive.

13. Why do the police signal to Vaughan when Ballard and Vaughan leave Ballard's studio?
(a) Because they want to question him regarding his stalking Elizabeth Taylor.
(b) Because they want to question him regarding a pedestrian he ran over.
(c) Because they want to question him regarding a stolen vehicle.
(d) Because they want to question him regarding an outstanding warrant.

14. According to Ballard, "It isn't sex that Vaughan is interested in, but _______."
(a) Violence.
(b) Life.
(c) Death.
(d) Technology.

15. At the Road Research Laboratory, who does Helen stare at "almost as if they were patients whom she hoped to treat"?
(a) The researchers.
(b) The stunt drivers.
(c) The mannequins.
(d) The visitors.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many passengers get trapped in the limousine after the crash at the junction of the eastern descent ramp of the flyover?

2. Who give Vaughan a set of passkeys so that he could take cars from the airport parking lots?

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

4. Who are the five film actresses Seagrave devised an "abattoir of sexual mutiliation" for Vaughan's questionnaire?

5. What kind of equipment does Vaughan have in his apartment?

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