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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Ballard, if the famous actress Vaughan obsessed over never died in a car-crash, what had Vaughan created instead?
(a) All the possibilities of Ballard's death.
(b) All the possibilities of Catherine's death.
(c) All the possibilities of the actress's death.
(d) All the possibilities of Vaughan's death.

3. How many passengers get trapped in the limousine after the crash at the junction of the eastern descent ramp of the flyover?
(a) Six passengers.
(b) One passenger.
(c) No passengers.
(d) Two passengers.

4. On the Harlington clearway, besides the customized fiberglass sports car, and a chauffeur-driven government saloon, what other car is involved a crash?
(a) A Volkswagon.
(b) A Mercedes.
(c) A Toyota.
(d) A BMW.

5. What fantasies does Vaughan teach Ballard to visualize?
(a) Death and injuries Ballard always desired.
(b) Death and injuries Ballard always feared.
(c) Death and injuries Ballard always pitied.
(d) Death and injuries Ballard always despised.

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

7. According to Ballard, each of Gabrielle's body was a "ripening anthology of ______possibilities."
(a) Potent.
(b) Perverse.
(c) Practical.
(d) Passive.

8. Who does Vaughan tell Ballard that Seagrave may follow after disappearing in a wig and leopard-skin coat?
(a) Helen.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Ballard.
(d) Vaughan.

9. In Ballard's last days with Vaughan, they no longer drive the motorway searching for accidents, but do what instead?
(a) Sleep in a motel behind the airport.
(b) Sit in a parking lot behind Ballard' apartment.
(c) Walk in a park near the airport.
(d) Drink in a bar near Vaughan's apartment.

10. When Catherine asks Ballard where his car is after the police leave the studio parking lot, what does he tell her?
(a) That Vaughan stole it.
(b) That Seagrave stole it.
(c) That it is at home because he didn't want to face the traffic.
(d) That it is at the garage because he crashed it.

11. When Ballard drives home with Catherine and Vaughan in the backseat, what does he notice for the first time since his release from the hospital?
(a) There are no planes on the runway.
(b) The sun is shining.
(c) It started raining.
(d) The streets are empty.

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) Film a famous crash.
(b) Drive a crashed car.
(c) Learn to fly.
(d) Become a researcher.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the subjects who completed Vaughan's questionnaire all have in common?

2. What does Vaughan hold in his hand that he claims can help recreate the Mansfield, Camus, and Kennedy crashes?

3. When Renata meets Ballard in the parking lot of the studio, what does she ask him about the crushed Citroen Pallas saloon car?

4. What is Ballard afraid the real reason for the police signaling Vaughan outside Ballard's studio is?

5. Why does Ballard adjust the rear view mirror as he drives with Vaughan and the two airport prostitutes?

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