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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Holy Cadaver.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the army avoid telling families what they use cadavers for?
(a) Describe the research in general terms.
(b) Refuse to disclose anything.
(c) Prosecute anyone who discloses the nature of the research.
(d) Deny any impropriety in advance.

2. Why does neurologist Dennis Tobin believe people fall down when shot?
(a) Because well-placed shots can destroy nerve centers.
(b) Because the force of even a small caliber shot is disorienting.
(c) Because the brain registers the wound and shuts down momentarily.
(d) Because the body's electrochemical balance is thrown off.

3. For how long after death can internal organs be identified?
(a) A week.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) A month.

4. What was Mary Roach touched by at the event at UCSF?
(a) A demonstration on a cadaver.
(b) A tribute to a cadaver.
(c) A cadaver's apparent patience.
(d) A cadaver's family's satisfaction.

5. Who is UM006?
(a) A cadaver in an impact study.
(b) A patient in an impact study.
(c) A scientist studying human impacts.
(d) A building where scientists study impacts on human bodies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are researchers trying to determine by studying impacts?

2. What does Rick Lowden study?

3. What kinds of injuries have cadavers helped scientists understand?

4. What does UM006 wear for the study?

5. Why does technology emulate the smell of dead bodies?

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