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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Beyond the Black Box.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did injury analysis begin?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1954.

2. How does Mary Roach characterize the second stage of decay in a cadaver?
(a) Bloat with large numbers of maggots.
(b) Liquidation of internal organs.
(c) Persistence of putrescent odor.
(d) Skin sloughing off, with maggots beneath the surface.

3. When are apes more useful than cadavers in studies?
(a) When studies look at bone fractures.
(b) When responses are considered.
(c) When language and emotional trauma are being studied.
(d) When functioning organs are required.

4. What do students at the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science do to cadavers' mouths?
(a) Glue them shut.
(b) Stuff them with cotton.
(c) Suture them shut.
(d) Stuff them with wool.

5. What kinds of injuries have cadavers helped scientists understand?
(a) Brain and central nervous system injuries.
(b) Face injuries.
(c) Broken bones.
(d) Organ injuries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the 'father of anatomy'?

2. What does Shanahan use as a gauge of a disaster?

3. Who did the 'father of anatomy' dissect?

4. What difficulty occurs when patients insist on experienced doctors?

5. What do researchers monitor at the University of Tennessee?

(see the answer key)

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