View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Ballard three days after his surgery in the hospital?
(a) He meets his wife's lover.
(b) He has a spiritual conversion.
(c) He has an allergic reaction.
(d) He gets a minor infection.

2. Why do the police signal to Vaughan when Ballard and Vaughan leave Ballard's studio?
(a) Because they want to question him regarding an outstanding warrant.
(b) Because they want to question him regarding his stalking Elizabeth Taylor.
(c) Because they want to question him regarding a pedestrian he ran over.
(d) Because they want to question him regarding a stolen vehicle.

3. At Northolt station, why does Helen ask Ballard to take her to the airport?
(a) Because she is picking up a friend from America.
(b) Because she works in the immigration department.
(c) Because she is taking a vacation to Spain.
(d) Because she likes to see the planes take off and land.

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

5. After the simulated crash with the family of four and the motorcycle at the Road Research Laboratory, what does Vaughan tell Ballard he's always wanted to do?
(a) Drive a crashed car.
(b) Become a researcher.
(c) Learn to fly.
(d) Film a famous crash.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the place where Vaughan and Ballard watch vehicles crash into concrete blocks?

2. What is the name of Catherine's secretary whom she asks Ballard to visualize her having intercourse with?

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

4. Ballard notes that most of the celebrities listed for imaginary crashes in Vaughan's questionnaire are what?

5. Why does Ballard visit the Northolt police pound?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 315 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample