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

2. What is Roach's preliminary conclusion about using cadavers for training?
(a) The skills have to be taught somehow.
(b) It isn't the strangest thing cadavers can be used for.
(c) It's better than surgeons making mistakes on live patients.
(d) If the people gave permission, this must be one of the possibilities.

3. Who is Hugh Patterson?
(a) A cadaver.
(b) A writer.
(c) A surgeon.
(d) The head of the willed body program of UCSF Medical School.

4. 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.

5. What does UM006 wear for the study?
(a) A helmet.
(b) A loincloth.
(c) A hood.
(d) A sensor suit.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the bloat stage of decomposition last?

2. In what field are animals used almost exclusively?

3. The University of Tennessee Medical Center is the home to the only facility that does what?

4. Who permitted anatomists to cut open executed criminals, in Mary Roach's account?

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

(see the answer key)

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