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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 does Vaughan pick up that has been left by the police at an accident sight?
(a) Chalk.
(b) Tape.
(c) Flags.
(d) Bags.

2. What do the subjects who completed Vaughan's questionnaire all have in common?
(a) They witnessed a car crash.
(b) They have not been in car crash.
(c) They have been in a car crash.
(d) They lost someone in a car crash.

3. According to Ballard, Helen was about to enter a period of what after her bereavement?
(a) Celibacy.
(b) Bliss.
(c) Isolation.
(d) Promiscuity.

4. Whose body does Ballard visualize injured in a series of accidents at various stages of her life?
(a) His sister.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) His daughter.

5. Ballard notes that most of the celebrities listed for imaginary crashes in Vaughan's questionnaire are what?
(a) Alive.
(b) Men.
(c) Dead.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of alcohol does Ballard buy from the bar?

2. Why does Ballard adjust the rear view mirror as he drives with Vaughan and the two airport prostitutes?

3. Who give Vaughan a set of passkeys so that he could take cars from the airport parking lots?

4. Whose death does Ballard begin to think about in a "more calculated way" than the one Vaughan designed for a famous film actress?

5. According to Ballard, what left an "archipelago of pockmarks" across Vaughan's neck?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Ballard attracted to Gabrielle?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does J.G. Ballard portray Vaughan's self-stimulation in the vehicle where a dentist recently died?

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