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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) Take pictures.
(d) Expose himself.

2. According to Ballard, who wears her hair in a "simulated Afro wig"?
(a) Vera.
(b) Renata.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Helen.

3. What topic does Ballard realize he never discussed with Helen?
(a) His wife.
(b) His work.
(c) The accident.
(d) Her dead husband.

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

5. According to Ballard, aside from Vaughan's death, what is the crash that he most fears that becomes a reality on the Harlington clearway?
(a) Helen's.
(b) Catherine's.
(c) His own.
(d) Seagrave's.

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

7. How old are the "sharp-faced airport whores" Vaughan is arguing with when Ballard comes out of the bar?
(a) "Barely older than School marms."
(b) "As old as Queen Mum."
(c) "Barely older than schoolchildren."
(d) "As old as Queen and country."

8. At the Road Research Laboratory, when does Ballard feel his sense of disembodiment and unreality increase?
(a) When the cars crash.
(b) When the film plays.
(c) When Vaughan appears.
(d) When the visitors arrive.

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

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

11. Who does Ballard see on his balcony when he is caught in a traffic jam?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Vaughan.
(c) Seagrave.
(d) Renata.

12. What does Vaughan hold in his hand that he claims can help recreate the Mansfield, Camus, and Kennedy crashes?
(a) Freeway designs.
(b) Studio outtakes.
(c) Hospital x-rays.
(d) Lab handouts.

13. 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 an outstanding warrant.
(c) Because they want to question him regarding his stalking Elizabeth Taylor.
(d) Because they want to question him regarding a pedestrian he ran over.

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

15. According to Ballard, "Above all, the apartment was dominated by Vaughan's evident _____."
(a) Accolades.
(b) Regrets.
(c) Narcissism.
(d) Family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ballard sees that next to the photos of various wounds from Vaughan's questionnaire, there are details of what?

2. What other famous personalities does Vaughan NOT obsess over?

3. Whose death does Ballard begin to think about in a "more calculated way" than the one Vaughan designed for a famous film actress?

4. What does Vaughan pick up that has been left by the police at an accident sight?

5. According to Ballard, who "resembled rows of the dead looking down at us from the galleries of a columbarium"?

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