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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 Ballard, what would Ballard and Vaughan listen to on their way to accident sites?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Police broadcasts.
(c) BBC news.
(d) Music.

2. What does Ballard note about the Lincoln Continental Vaughan drives?
(a) It is the same make as Catherine's car.
(b) It is the same make of the one in which President Kennedy died.
(c) It is the same make as the one Elizabeth Taylor drives.
(d) It is the same make as Ballard's car.

3. What does Helen tell Ballard about why she's at Northolt?
(a) She tells him she's looking for Vaughan.
(b) She tells him she's looking for her husband's car.
(c) She tells him she's filing charges against him.
(d) She tells him she's being interviewed by the police.

4. Who witnessed Ballard inappropriately touch a flight attendant on an escalator and were on his flight to Orly?
(a) A British businessman and his wife.
(b) A Dutch businessman and his wife.
(c) An American businessman and his wife.
(d) A French businessman and his wife.

5. According to Ballard, Vaughan's relations with women were all governed by what?
(a) "Repressed desires."
(b) "Violent fantasies."
(c) "Obsessive games."
(d) "Sexist ideas."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Ballard have his safety belt on when leaving his secretary, Renata, before the crash?

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

3. What is the name of Ballard's wife?

4. What kind of commercial did Ballard prepare that he hoped to use a well-known actress for?

5. What is the person parked behind Ballard at the scene of the accident that killed Helen's husband doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Karen and why is she significant?

4. What is Helen Remington doing at the impound yard when Ballard returns to survey the damage to his car and what does it show about her character?

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

6. How does Ballard regard his accident and why is it significant?

7. What dominates Ballard's thoughts as he recovers in the hospital and why is it significant?

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

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

10. Why does Ballard recognize Dr. Robert Vaughan when he sees him with the camera in the parking garage and why is it significant?

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