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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, How to Know if You're Dead.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what field are animals used almost exclusively?
(a) Pediatric studies.
(b) High-speed impact studies.
(c) Geriatric studies.
(d) Decomposition studies.

4. When did McDougal perform his experiments?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1826.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1907.

5. Why does Duncan McPherson of the LA Police Department believe people fall down when shot?
(a) Because the pain is debilitating.
(b) Because they know they have been shot.
(c) Because the bullet affects the brain's balancing ability.
(d) Because the bullet knocks them over.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Barbet test his skepticism?

2. How does Mary Roach describe the air with which dissections were performed in the 18th century?

3. What state is H in when she arrives at UCSF medical center?

4. Why are surgeons nervous, according to Mary Roach?

5. What kind of impact does UM006 suffer?

(see the answer key)

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