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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Beyond the Black Box.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes bloat in cadavers?
(a) Bacteria digesting internal organs.
(b) Release of stomach gases.
(c) Tissue decomposition.
(d) Maggots.

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

3. What was UM006 hit with?
(a) A pipe.
(b) A car.
(c) A linear impactor.
(d) A pile of bricks.

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

5. How does Mary Roach characterize the first stage of decay in a cadaver?
(a) Liquidation of internal organs.
(b) Skin sloughing off, with maggots beneath the surface.
(c) Persistence of putrescent odor.
(d) Bloat with large numbers of maggots.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why, in Mary Roach's account, is cadaver research compelling?

3. What does evidence suggest killed the passengers on TWA Flight 800?

4. How does Mary Roach describe the smell of death?

5. Why is Shanahan not afraid of air travel?

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