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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ballard recognize the man taking pictures of him as Vaughan?
(a) Because he is a famous writer.
(b) Because he is a TV star.
(c) Because he is a government official.
(d) Because he is a notorious criminal.

2. Who, according to Ballard, "read the answer to her unspoken questions in the scars on my legs and chest" in the hospital?
(a) His mistress.
(b) His doctor.
(c) His wife.
(d) His nurse.

3. Why does Ballard visit the Northolt police pound?
(a) To pay a fine.
(b) To see Vaughan.
(c) To see his car.
(d) To see the police.

4. Where is the film studio Ballard works for located?
(a) Swindon.
(b) Somerset.
(c) Shepperton.
(d) Salisbury.

5. Who did Vaughan collide with two months earlier when he lurched from a concealed access road?
(a) Two mechanics.
(b) Two air hostesses.
(c) A stunt driver.
(d) A filmmaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pictures is Ballard's passenger looking at when they arrive at the scene of his accident that killed Helen's husband?

2. As Ballard is taken to the hospital after his crash, he recalls that "Vaughan collected the _____of ________nurses in his photographic albums."

3. Why is Ballard skeptical about Helen working for the Road Research Laboratory?

4. Who is the driver parked behind Ballard at the scene of the accident that killed Helen's husband?

5. Who is injured at the stock-car races at the stadium in Northolt and taken to the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ballard and Catherine's marriage and explain its relevance to the novel.

2. What is the point of view in "Crash"?

3. Where does Ballard take Renata after his release from the hospital and why?

4. What is the chronology of the novel and why is it significant?

5. How is the man killed in the crash with Ballard symbolic?

6. Who is with Dr. Helen Remington in the hospital and why is it significant?

7. Why does Ballard wear a seat belt when he crashes his car and how is it significant?

8. How does the wife of the man killed in the crash with Ballard react to the crash and why is it significant?

9. In the hospital, what does Ballard begin to do once he's mobile and how is it significant?

10. How does Ballard crash his car and why is it significant?

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