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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. What happens to Ballard three days after his surgery in the hospital?
(a) He gets a minor infection.
(b) He meets his wife's lover.
(c) He has an allergic reaction.
(d) He has a spiritual conversion.

2. Who does Ballard's wife Catherine tell him he looks like in the hospital?
(a) A child out of Charles Dicken's.
(b) A murderer in an Agatha Christie mystery.
(c) A victim in Madame Tussaud's.
(d) A gentleman in Harrod's.

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

4. As Ballard drives home with Catherine after being released from the hospital, how does the image of a car change for him after his accident?
(a) Its true nature had been exposed.
(b) It became an object of fear.
(c) It contained multiple identities.
(d) Its purpose remained elusive.

5. Who did the man killed in the car crash with Ballard work for?
(a) An American food company.
(b) A German weapons producer.
(c) A British travel agency.
(d) An Italian car manufacturer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ballard goes to the garage, what does he see on a rear window sill that reminds him of his own personal possessions scattered on the floor of his car after the crash?

2. Where does Ballard take one of the three prostitutes to?

3. What is Helen wearing when Ballard sees her in the yard at Northolt station?

4. After the crash, Ballard states that an "uneasy _____ carried me towards the hospital."

5. What injuries does Ballard sustain after the crash?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Dr. Helen Remington react to Ballard when he tries to speak to her in the hospital corridor?

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

4. What is the significance of the airport in "Crash"?

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

6. What does the prostitute Ballard hires share in common with his wife and his lover and what do they show about Ballard's character?

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

8. Why doesn't Catherine attend the funeral for Dr. Helen Remington's husband and what does it show about her character?

9. How does Dr. Robert Vaughan interrupt Ballard's rendezvous with the prostitute and why is it important?

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

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