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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the size of a temporary stretch cavity correlate to?
(a) The bigger the cavity, the deadlier the bullet.
(b) The smaller the cavity, the greater the psychological impact of the shot.
(c) The smaller the cavity, the deeper the wound.
(d) The bigger the cavity, the greater the stopping power.

2. What position is UM006 placed in for the study?
(a) Sprawling.
(b) Driving.
(c) Lying down.
(d) Fetal.

3. How does Shanahan cope with his work?
(a) By sticking to protocols.
(b) By working to get justice in bombing cases.
(c) By grieving with colleagues.
(d) By focusing on parts.

4. What kind of resistance did DeMaio meet over using cadavers, according to Mary Roach?
(a) Federal.
(b) Economic.
(c) Bureaucratic.
(d) Sociopolitical.

5. Why, in Mary Roach's account, is cadaver research compelling?
(a) Cadavers can be studied in invasive ways that live subjects cannot.
(b) Cadavers are the best stand-ins for actual human beings.
(c) Cadavers can withstand lethal forces without consequences.
(d) Cadavers are cheaper to work with than people.

6. How were surgeons promoted before the 1800s?
(a) By merit.
(b) By seniority.
(c) By lottery.
(d) By nepotism.

7. Who is Dennis Shanahan?
(a) An impact analyst.
(b) A surgeon.
(c) A cadaver recruiter.
(d) An injury analyst.

8. Why are surgeons nervous, according to Mary Roach?
(a) Because they are working with human remains.
(b) They are superstitious.
(c) They only have a limited number of attempts to work with cadavers.
(d) They are usually timed.

9. What did the army hope for the 30-caliber rifle?
(a) That with new bullets, it would be more destructive than the 45-caliber.
(b) That it would be deadlier than the 45-caliber.
(c) That it would have the same stopping power as the 45-caliber.
(d) That it would kill from a greater distance than the 45-caliber.

10. What do researchers measure by creating typical scenarios?
(a) The deceased's health at death.
(b) Age of the deceased.
(c) Time of death.
(d) Cause of death.

11. What does Marliena Marignani say is the advantage of working on cadavers?
(a) They let you try the procedure over and over again.
(b) She does not have to interact with them.
(c) They do not bleed.
(d) They cannot sue for malpractice.

12. What class does Mary Roach attend in order to talk with surgeons who worked on decapitated heads?
(a) Wound repair.
(b) Brain trauma.
(c) Blunt force damage.
(d) Face lift refresher.

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

14. How does Mary Roach characterize the first stage of decay in a cadaver?
(a) Liquidation of internal organs.
(b) Bloat with large numbers of maggots.
(c) Skin sloughing off, with maggots beneath the surface.
(d) Persistence of putrescent odor.

15. What did participants take turns doing at the event Mary Roach attended at UCSF?
(a) Singing and reading.
(b) Presenting papers.
(c) Practicing and being critiqued.
(d) Teaching sections.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary Roach say is the least acceptable thing you can do with a cadaver?

2. What did Thomas Holmes perfect?

3. What were the results of Le Grande's tests?

4. How does Mary Roach characterize the third stage of decay in a cadaver?

5. What do researchers monitor at the University of Tennessee?

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