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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Ballard tells Catherine that she should have gone to the funeral for Helen's husband, how does she respond?
(a) She tells him he shouldn't expect her to do what he wants.
(b) She tells him she's glad she didn't because she felt too guilty.
(c) She tells him she wished she had, but that she wasn't ready.
(d) She tells him she couldn't go because he killed him.

3. Who does Ballard describe as the "perfect forgery of an Ingres"?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Renata.
(c) Seagrave.
(d) Vaughan.

4. At the Road Research Laboratory, who does Helen stare at "almost as if they were patients whom she hoped to treat"?
(a) The mannequins.
(b) The researchers.
(c) The visitors.
(d) The stunt drivers.

5. According to Ballard, Catherine's driving becomes what after his release from the hospital?
(a) Better.
(b) Slow.
(c) Worse.
(d) Fast.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the hospital, what contained the "hundred histories of collision and bereavement" according to Ballard?

2. Who wears a back brace, steel clamps and has gas bacillus scars on her kneecaps?

3. What verdict is given at the coroner's inquest of Ballard's crash with Helen and her husband?

4. What kind of business has Catherine started up with one of her boyfriends?

5. What happens to Ballard three days after his surgery in the hospital?

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