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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do the junior pathologist, trainee radiologist, and service manager of a garage all have in common?
(a) They are Ballard's lovers.
(b) They are Vaughan's lovers.
(c) They are Catherine's lovers.
(d) They are Helen's lovers.

4. What happens to the young woman chauffeur of the government saloon on the Harlington clearway?
(a) She has minor injuries.
(b) She is uninjured.
(c) She is badly injured.
(d) She dies.

5. 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 mannequins.
(c) The visitors.
(d) The stunt drivers.

6. 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 it didn't occur.
(b) Because he wanted something else to occur.
(c) Because he no longer wanted it to occur.
(d) Because it did occur.

7. Why does Ballard feel "no trace of pity" for Gabrielle after they make love?
(a) Because Gabrielle hated her crippled body.
(b) Because Gabrielle was responsible for her crippled body.
(c) Because they celebrated her crippled body.
(d) Because they disregarded her crippled body.

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

9. What does Vaughan pick up that has been left by the police at an accident sight?
(a) Flags.
(b) Chalk.
(c) Tape.
(d) Bags.

10. Who give Vaughan a set of passkeys so that he could take cars from the airport parking lots?
(a) Renata.
(b) Vera.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Helen.

11. What do the subjects who completed Vaughan's questionnaire all have in common?
(a) They have been in a car crash.
(b) They lost someone in a car crash.
(c) They have not been in car crash.
(d) They witnessed a car crash.

12. After the simulated crash with the family of four and the motorcycle at the Road Research Laboratory, what does Vaughan tell Ballard he's always wanted to do?
(a) Drive a crashed car.
(b) Become a researcher.
(c) Film a famous crash.
(d) Learn to fly.

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

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

15. Ballard and Vaughan listen to police and _______ broadcasts as they search for Seagrave, who has gone missing.
(a) Government.
(b) Ambulance.
(c) Firefighter.
(d) Military.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to Ballard, what left an "archipelago of pockmarks" across Vaughan's neck?

4. After his accident, who does Catherine urge Ballard to see so much so that he feels that there were "lesbian overtones" to her request?

5. Who does Ballard describe as the "perfect forgery of an Ingres"?

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