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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. Where did 18th-century British schools get their cadavers?
(a) Disinterred dead people.
(b) Executed criminals.
(c) Suicides.
(d) Dead soldiers.

2. What kinds of injuries have cadavers helped scientists understand?
(a) Face injuries.
(b) Broken bones.
(c) Brain and central nervous system injuries.
(d) Organ injuries.

3. What does the surgeon use to open H's chest?
(a) A laser.
(b) A knife.
(c) A cauterizing wand.
(d) A saw.

4. What are researchers trying to determine by studying impacts?
(a) How much force a soldier can withstand.
(b) How to prevent side-impact injuries.
(c) How rescue techniques can save lives.
(d) How to design helmets.

5. What does Rick Lowden study?
(a) The corrosion of bullets in human flesh.
(b) The effects of the temporary stretch cavity.
(c) The legality of cadaver and animal tests.
(d) The ethics of using cadavers in tests.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what field are animals used almost exclusively?

2. What did Mary Roach struggle with when she saw H?

3. Who is UM006?

4. What do researchers risk if they omit details of their research on cadavers?

5. What did the passengers' burns rule out for Shanahan?

(see the answer key)

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