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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the place where Vaughan and Ballard watch vehicles crash into concrete blocks?
(a) Road Research Laboratory.
(b) Crash Test Site.
(c) Auto Mechanic School.
(d) Vehicular Safety Compound.

2. Who does Ballard witness an argument between in the woman's ward of the hospital?
(a) A sister in charge and a nurse.
(b) A sister in charge and doctor.
(c) A doctor and a nurse.
(d) A patient and her sister.

3. What premonitions does Ballard begin to have after being released from the hospital?
(a) The second coming of Jesus.
(b) The end of the world by automobile.
(c) The salvation of sinners everywhere.
(d) The return to a pre-industrial age.

4. According to Ballard, as he recuperates in the hospital, what does he state as the "only real experience" he had been through in years?
(a) His fantasies.
(b) His guilt.
(c) His crash.
(d) His affair.

5. As Ballard is taken to the hospital after his crash, he recalls that "Vaughan collected the _____of ________nurses in his photographic albums."
(a) Grimaces; casualty.
(b) Smiles; casualty.
(c) Grimaces; emergency.
(d) Smiles; emergency.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, according to Ballard, "read the answer to her unspoken questions in the scars on my legs and chest" in the hospital?

2. According to Ballard, what happens on the fourth day in the hospital "for no evident reason"?

3. According to Ballard, "For Vaughan, the car-crash and his own ______ had made their final marriage."

4. When Ballard is lifted onto the stretcher after the crash, how does he feel?

5. On their driving excursions to look for accident sites, what does Vaughan describe to Ballard?

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