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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. 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 it is at the garage because he crashed it.
(c) That Seagrave stole it.
(d) That Vaughan stole it.

2. Whose death does Ballard begin to think about in a "more calculated way" than the one Vaughan designed for a famous film actress?
(a) Vaughan's.
(b) Helen's.
(c) His.
(d) Catherine's.

3. What is the name of the avenue that Ballard and Vaughan drive along with the two airport prostitutes?
(a) Western Avenue.
(b) Eastern Avenue.
(c) Southhern Avenue.
(d) Northern Avenue.

4. According to Ballard, each of Gabrielle's body was a "ripening anthology of ______possibilities."
(a) Perverse.
(b) Potent.
(c) Passive.
(d) Practical.

5. According to Vaughan, who has never been in a major crash so "everything lies in the future for her?"
(a) Elizabeth Taylor.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Vera Seagrave
(d) Renata.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fiberglass replica does Seagrave have in his show-room?

2. Why do the police signal to Vaughan when Ballard and Vaughan leave Ballard's studio?

3. What kind of equipment does Vaughan have in his apartment?

4. What is the name the researchers at the Road Research Laboratory give the mannequin on the motorcycle?

5. Whose body does Ballard visualize injured in a series of accidents at various stages of her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Ballard and Vaughan do after they pick up two prostitutes and why is it relevant to the larger story?

2. What does Ballard fantasize about as he has sex with Gabrielle and what does it mean?

3. Why is Ballard attracted to Gabrielle?

4. At Seagrave's, what does Ballard deduce about Vaughan's photographs of Elizabeth Taylor and provides insight into why Vaughan followed Ballard?

5. What is Ballard's response to Catherine sleeping with Vaughan?

6. How does Ballard respond to Vaughan's request to give one of the questionnaires to Elizabeth Taylor and what does it show about his character?

7. Where do Catherine and Vaughan have sex and why is it significant?

8. How do the prostitutes Vaughan picks up begin to change in appearance and why is it significant?

9. Describe Catherine's fantasies about Vaughan, how they pertain to Ballard, and their impact on her and Ballard's marriage.

10. Who are the spectators at the accident site involving the taxi and limo and what role does the scene have in the larger story?

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