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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Eat Me.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do resident surgeons treat cadavers, in Mary Roach's account?
(a) Irreverently.
(b) Contemptuously.
(c) Respectfully.
(d) With morbid humor.

2. Why is Shanahan not afraid of air travel?
(a) Because crashes are extremely rare.
(b) Because he has faith in people and their systems.
(c) Because crashes typically happen at takeoff and are survivable.
(d) Because he has to travel a great deal.

3. What was Destot's space?
(a) The place in the wrist where a nail could support a person's weight.
(b) The space between a person and their clothes, which allows them to lose their clothing in an airline disaster.
(c) The area around the facial features in the Shroud of Turin.
(d) The space from which a person's last gasp comes when crucified.

4. Where did 18th-century British schools get their cadavers?
(a) Dead soldiers.
(b) Suicides.
(c) Executed criminals.
(d) Disinterred dead people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the passengers' burns rule out for Shanahan?

2. What state is H in when she arrives at UCSF medical center?

3. What animals did investigators use to determine cause of death in the British Comet crashes?

4. When, in the course of the disaster of TWA Flight 800, did the passengers likely die, according to Shanahan?

5. Why did La Garde have difficulty stopping the Moro tribesmen in battle, in Mary Roach's account?

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