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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Dead Man Driving.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Mary Roach say British surgeons began to dissect, when cadaver supply ran low?
(a) Animals.
(b) Street people.
(c) Their dead relatives.
(d) Their students.

2. What does surgeon Marliena Marignani find difficult to work with?
(a) Torsos.
(b) Hands.
(c) Feet.
(d) Faces.

3. How often do families renege on their consent, according to Mike Walsh?
(a) All the time.
(b) Not very often.
(c) Hardly ever.
(d) Often.

4. What has resulted from car safety studies with cadavers, according to Mary Roach?
(a) Roll bars.
(b) Safer tires.
(c) Safer doors.
(d) Safer windshields.

5. What other advantage does Marliena Marignani say comes from working on cadavers?
(a) The flesh is firmer.
(b) They afford greater visibility.
(c) There is no risk of injuring the patient's health.
(d) She can concentrate on the surgery without all the machines, anesthesiologists and nurses around.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Theresa, the attendant, say she copes with working with cadavers?

2. What was UM006 hit with?

3. What does Mike Walsh say he typically tells families?

4. How do resident surgeons treat cadavers, in Mary Roach's account?

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

(see the answer key)

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