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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. What do the students call the viscous liquid that comes from the cadaver's mouth?
(a) Liquid.
(b) Purge.
(c) Overflow.
(d) Vomit.

2. What does UM006 fall onto?
(a) A cushion.
(b) The floor.
(c) A dashboard.
(d) A steering wheel.

3. What were people called who stole bodies to sell them to scientists?
(a) Resurrectionists.
(b) Body snatchers.
(c) Hoodlums.
(d) Thieves.

4. How does Mary Roach explain the results of Le Grande's tests?
(a) Stopping power could not be judged on cadavers.
(b) Cadaver flesh registered bullet wounds differently than live people.
(c) It took more shots to knock cadavers over than real people in battle situations.
(d) Rifle shots knocked the cadavers over more easily than real people.

5. How does Theresa, the attendant, say she copes with working with cadavers?
(a) She tells herself that she's practicing so she can get it right when it matters.
(b) She tells herself again and again that they wanted this.
(c) She tells herself the story of the person's life.
(d) She thinks of them as being made of wax.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position is UM006 placed in for the study?

2. Who permitted anatomists to cut open executed criminals, in Mary Roach's account?

3. How does Shanahan cope with his work?

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

5. What was Mary Roach surprised to learn about surgery?

(see the answer key)

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