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

2. What position is UM006 placed in for the study?
(a) Lying down.
(b) Fetal.
(c) Driving.
(d) Sprawling.

3. The University of Tennessee Medical Center is the home to the only facility that does what?
(a) Return stolen cadavers to their graves.
(b) Cadaver reanimation.
(c) Field research on human body decay.
(d) Trade in cadaver tissues.

4. What did the army hope for the 30-caliber rifle?
(a) That it would have the same stopping power as the 45-caliber.
(b) That it would kill from a greater distance than the 45-caliber.
(c) That it would be deadlier than the 45-caliber.
(d) That with new bullets, it would be more destructive than the 45-caliber.

5. Who do researchers help with their work at the University of Tennessee?
(a) Criminal investigations.
(b) Cancer research.
(c) Raw science.
(d) Families.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mary Roach characterize the first stage of decay in a cadaver?

2. What sign ultimately showed doctors and families that a person was dead?

3. What was Lowden threatened with if he fired upon cadaver legs?

4. What class does Mary Roach attend in order to talk with surgeons who worked on decapitated heads?

5. What do students at the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science do to cadavers' mouths?

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