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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. Who is UM006?
(a) A patient in an impact study.
(b) A scientist studying human impacts.
(c) A cadaver in an impact study.
(d) A building where scientists study impacts on human bodies.

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 is a 'temporary stretch cavity'?
(a) The width of a bullet wound measured in terms of the surgical instruments it will admit.
(b) The flesh that flows into the opening made by a bullet.
(c) The opening made by a bullet.
(d) The depth of a bullet wound.

4. How does Mary Roach describe the way the surgeons see the exercise of working on cadavers?
(a) As a form of punishment.
(b) As a rare opportunity.
(c) As a last chance to learn techniques.
(d) As a demotion from surgery.

5. Which event happened first, in Shanahan's explanation of TWA Flight 800?
(a) Passengers were pulled from their seats.
(b) Fire swept through the cabin.
(c) Gas was ignited by frayed wiring.
(d) Passengers were thrown from the plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dennis Shanahan?

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

3. When does 'human wreckage' become useful to an investigation?

4. When did injury analysis begin?

5. What was Marlene DeMaio using cadavers to test?

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