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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ballard states that Vaughan was only interesting to Ballard in relation to what?
(a) His intellect.
(b) His camera.
(c) His fame.
(d) His car.

2. What word does Ballard repeat several times in his description of the car crash at the beginning of the book?
(a) Stoic.
(b) Strange.
(c) Stylized.
(d) Static.

3. What is the name the researchers at the Road Research Laboratory give the mannequin on the motorcycle?
(a) Sinatra.
(b) Brando.
(c) Elvis.
(d) Dean.

4. What injuries does Ballard sustain after the crash?
(a) Herniated disc.
(b) Broken elbows.
(c) Punctured lungs.
(d) Fractured knee-caps.

5. After the crash, Ballard states that an "uneasy _____ carried me towards the hospital."
(a) Sadness.
(b) Fear.
(c) Calm.
(d) Euphoria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ballard witness an argument between in the woman's ward of the hospital?

2. Who does Ballard take to the stock-car races in the stadium at Northolt?

3. Where does the fatal car crash that nearly misses Elizabeth Taylor occur?

4. According to Vaughan, who has never been in a major crash so "everything lies in the future for her?"

5. What premonitions does Ballard begin to have after being released from the hospital?

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