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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ballard, who wears her hair in a "simulated Afro wig"?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Helen.
(c) Renata.
(d) Vera.

2. What is Helen wearing when Ballard sees her in the yard at Northolt station?
(a) A green jacket.
(b) A white raincoat.
(c) A red dress.
(d) A black suit.

3. The firemen who cut Ballard's door from its hinges looked like what according to Ballard?
(a) Athletes in a football game.
(b) Accomplices in a jewelry heist.
(c) Assistants of a gored bullfighter.
(d) Actors in a one-act play.

4. According to Vaughan, who has never been in a major crash so "everything lies in the future for her?"
(a) Vera Seagrave
(b) Renata.
(c) Elizabeth Taylor.
(d) Catherine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car does Catherine drive?

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

3. What did Vaughan rehearse for in the days before his death?

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

5. What is Ballard's "ironic gesture" to provoke Catherine and Renate, who don't want him to drive?

(see the answer key)

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