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My assumption was that Harry dies in the explosion, as promised by Quirrell, and that Quirrell is momentarily staggered by the resonance.
I assume that Quirrell can't get out of the trap by abandoning his body, because otherwise he could just kill his current host to get out, and D would have anticipated at least that, if not Quirrell's ability to detach voluntarily.
But I liked the point about abandoning his body. No body => no reflection, and hence can escape. I'm not sure the words Dumbledore used precisely details the actual constraints, but would expect him to anticipate Quirrell's self termination as a ploy he had to contend with.
It’s impossible to be certain, since we don’t know the detailed mechanisms of two pieces of magic that are involved (each of which is highly non-trivial on its own).
My guess was that Voldemort would still be able to leave his body as long as the Process of the Timeless has not quite snapped into place (which did not happened until a few moments after Harry lost the cloak.) Leaving his current body voluntarily might take some time, if the descriptions of the Sphere-of-Stars-spell is any indication, so he might not be able to finish that process in time. (Killing his body, on the other hand, would presumably expel his spirit instantly, so he could escape in that manner.)
(… all of which is, of course, just a fancy way of shrugging my shoulders and saying “I dunno” ;) )