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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 some teenagers.
(c) There are few women.
(d) There are a lot of children.

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

4. When Renata meets Ballard in the parking lot of the studio, what does she ask him about the crushed Citroen Pallas saloon car?
(a) If Elizabeth Taylor will drive it.
(b) If Sean Connery will drive it.
(c) If Julie Andrews will drive it.
(d) If Paul Newman will drive it.

5. Ballard states that Vaughan was only interesting to Ballard in relation to what?
(a) His camera.
(b) His intellect.
(c) His car.
(d) His fame.

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

7. 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 the diplomat and young woman.
(c) In the same posture as Ballard and Helen.
(d) In the same posture as Vaughan and the prostitute.

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

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

10. 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) Film a famous crash.
(c) Learn to fly.
(d) Become a researcher.

11. What kind of dog did Ballard hit two years earlier when he notices the same deformation on Vaughan's car?
(a) An Irish Setter.
(b) An Italian Greyhound.
(c) A German Shepherd.
(d) An English Setter.

12. After his accident, who does Catherine urge Ballard to see so much so that he feels that there were "lesbian overtones" to her request?
(a) Helen.
(b) Gabrielle.
(c) Vera.
(d) Renata.

13. Besides reefer stubs, what else is in the overloaded ashtray in Vaughan's car?
(a) A diaphragm.
(b) A cervical cap.
(c) A condom.
(d) A tampon.

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

15. How does Seagrave preempt the "real death" that Vaughan reserved for himself?
(a) By wearing Elizabeth Taylor's wig and costume in his own death.
(b) By driving Elizabeth Taylor's limo in his own death.
(c) By wearing Vaughan's jacket and trousers in Elizabeth Taylor's death.
(d) By driving Vaughan's Lincoln in Elizabeth Taylor's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Road Research Laboratory, when does Ballard feel his sense of disembodiment and unreality increase?

2. Ballard states that in the last weeks with Vaughan, the women Vaughan brought to the car each night began to resemble who more closely?

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

4. What does Vaughan do as he drives past the crash at the junction of the eastern descent ramp of the flyover?

5. Who does Vaughan tell Ballard that Seagrave may follow after disappearing in a wig and leopard-skin coat?

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