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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 is the effect on Ballard of Vaughan following him in his car?
(a) Ballard thinks he will be involved in a second accident.
(b) Ballard thinks he will have a nervous breakdown.
(c) Ballard thinks he will turn Vaughan in.
(d) Ballard thinks he will kill Vaughan.

2. Ballard sees that next to the photos of various wounds from Vaughan's questionnaire, there are details of what?
(a) The person's date of birth and death.
(b) The portion of the car that caused the injury.
(c) The drugs used to treat the injury.
(d) The make and model of the car.

3. According to Ballard, if the famous actress Vaughan obsessed over never died in a car-crash, what had Vaughan created instead?
(a) All the possibilities of Ballard's death.
(b) All the possibilities of the actress's death.
(c) All the possibilities of Catherine's death.
(d) All the possibilities of Vaughan's death.

4. Ballard states that in the last weeks with Vaughan, the women Vaughan brought to the car each night began to resemble who more closely?
(a) Raquel Welch.
(b) Vera.
(c) Gabrielle.
(d) Elizabeth Taylor.

5. In Ballard's last days with Vaughan, they no longer drive the motorway searching for accidents, but do what instead?
(a) Walk in a park near the airport.
(b) Sit in a parking lot behind Ballard' apartment.
(c) Drink in a bar near Vaughan's apartment.
(d) Sleep in a motel behind the airport.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ballard see on his balcony when he is caught in a traffic jam?

2. When Catherine asks Ballard where his car is after the police leave the studio parking lot, what does he tell her?

3. Since their visit to the Road Research Laboratory, Vaughan goes to the studios to see Seagrave, but Ballard thinks the real motive is what?

4. After his accident, who does Catherine urge Ballard to see so much so that he feels that there were "lesbian overtones" to her request?

5. When Renata meets Ballard in the parking lot of the studio, what does she ask him about the crushed Citroen Pallas saloon car?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kinds of photos are in the album Vaughan shows Ballard at Seagrave's house and what does Ballard notice about them?

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

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

5. Why doesn't Ballard intervene on Elizabeth Taylor's behalf when he knew what Vaughan was capable of attempting to hurt her?

6. How does Vaughan pose the prostitutes for his photographs and why?

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

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

9. When Ballard and Vaughan arrive at the accident site involving a minor accident, what do they discover?

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

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