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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. Ballard and Vaughan listen to police and _______ broadcasts as they search for Seagrave, who has gone missing.
(a) Ambulance.
(b) Firefighter.
(c) Military.
(d) Government.

2. According to Ballard, "It isn't sex that Vaughan is interested in, but _______."
(a) Life.
(b) Technology.
(c) Death.
(d) Violence.

3. How many cars collide at the junction of the eastern descent ramp of the flyover?
(a) Seven cars collide.
(b) Five cars collide.
(c) Three cars collide.
(d) Nine cars collide.

4. What kind of equipment does Vaughan have in his apartment?
(a) Mechanical.
(b) Plastic.
(c) Electronic.
(d) Building.

5. Who does Vaughan tell Ballard that Seagrave may follow after disappearing in a wig and leopard-skin coat?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Ballard.
(c) Helen.
(d) Vaughan.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Road Research Laboratory, who does Helen stare at "almost as if they were patients whom she hoped to treat"?

2. According to Ballard, "Above all, the apartment was dominated by Vaughan's evident _____."

3. What happens to the young woman chauffeur of the government saloon on the Harlington clearway?

4. According to Ballard, who "resembled rows of the dead looking down at us from the galleries of a columbarium"?

5. What does Vaughan ask Ballard to do when they got to Earls Court?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What type of questions from Vaughan's questionnaire is Ballard specifically drawn to?

3. What is Elizabeth Taylor shooting at the studio where Ballard works and how is it significant?

4. How does Vaughan begin to change as the novel progresses?

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

6. How does Gabrielle respond to Ballard's staring at the scars on her legs and how does Ballard interpret her response?

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

8. Why does Ballard begin to drive through the city in search of Vaughan?

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

10. Why is Ballard attracted to Gabrielle?

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