View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Cadaver Who Joined the Army.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does the bloat stage of decomposition last?
(a) A month.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) A week.

2. How much access do most hospitals have to cadavers to work on?
(a) Only rare amputations.
(b) Cadavers that are not claimed turn up from time to time.
(c) A constant flow.
(d) Cadavers are exceedingly rare outside of teaching hospitals.

3. What evidence does Shanahan use to come to this conclusion?
(a) Torn aortas.
(b) Bodies without clothes.
(c) Burns.
(d) Fragmented bodies.

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

5. When was Captain Louis Le Garde ordered to use cadavers to test the 30-caliber Springfield rifle against the 45-caliber?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1847.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Thomas Holmes perfect?

2. What did Mary Roach attend at UCSF?

3. What does Dennis Shanahan normally investigate?

4. What causes bloat in cadavers?

5. What is a 'temporary stretch cavity'?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 225 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample