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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Remains of the Author.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was conspicuously absent from the event Mary Roach attended at UCSF?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Families.
(c) Cadavers.
(d) Teachers.

2. Why was it hard for Shanahan to investigate the crash of TWA Flight 800?
(a) There were so many young people on board.
(b) The bodies were unrecognizable.
(c) The bodies covered a large area.
(d) The bodies were still intact, and lifelike.

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

4. How does the army avoid telling families what they use cadavers for?
(a) Prosecute anyone who discloses the nature of the research.
(b) Deny any impropriety in advance.
(c) Describe the research in general terms.
(d) Refuse to disclose anything.

5. What is a mellified man?
(a) A cadaver who died suddenly.
(b) A cadaver soaked in honey.
(c) A mummified body.
(d) A yogi who accepted death before dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the basis for calls to stop cadaver research?

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

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

4. What does Dennis Shanahan normally investigate?

5. How will a person's wounds tell a different story, according to Mary Roach's reading on pathology?

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