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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. According to the narrator, with whom did Vaughan want to die in a collision?
(a) Elizabeth Taylor.
(b) Catherine Ballard.
(c) Dr. Helen Remington.
(d) James Ballard.

2. Who does Ballard first take in a rental car to the scene of his accident that killed Helen's husband?
(a) No one.
(b) Renata.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Helen.

3. 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?
(a) A necktie.
(b) A purse.
(c) A briefcase.
(d) A scarf.

4. Why is Ballard skeptical about Helen working for the Road Research Laboratory?
(a) Because he thinks that she is not qualified to work there.
(b) Because he thinks she could get a better job as a doctor.
(c) Because he thinks its too close to the accident that killed her husband.
(d) Because he thinks the work at the laboratory is ineffective.

5. "Crash" is set in what city?
(a) London.
(b) New York.
(c) Paris.
(d) Toronto.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Ballard witness an argument between in the woman's ward of the hospital?

3. According to Ballard, his "_________obsessions soon made themselves evident to ______ _________."

4. What injuries does Ballard sustain after the crash?

5. What kind of films did Ballard and Catherine see at the small art-cinema near their home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What kind of car does Ballard buy after his accident and what does it signify?

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

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

6. Why does Ballard begin renting cars and what do they signify?

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

8. What are Ballard's injuries from his crash with the man and his wife and how does he respond to them?

9. What kind of pleasure did Vaughan derive from car crashes and how is it significant?

10. Who is Elizabeth Taylor and what role does she play in the novel?

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