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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does the bloat stage of decomposition last?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) A month.
(d) A week.

2. How does Mary Roach describe the smell of death?
(a) Heady and unlike anything else.
(b) Bitter and rough.
(c) Nauseating and sharp.
(d) Sweet and cloying.

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

4. Why did La Garde have difficulty stopping the Moro tribesmen in battle, in Mary Roach's account?
(a) Because they did not know what guns were, and did not know they were shot.
(b) Because they were small targets, and the terrain was full of brush to deflect bullets.
(c) Because they were fighting for their culture's life, and refused to retreat.
(d) Because the Moro tribesmen had inured themselves to pain in their initiation rites.

5. What does UM006 wear for the study?
(a) A hood.
(b) A sensor suit.
(c) A helmet.
(d) A loincloth.

Short Answer Questions

1. When are apes more useful than cadavers in studies?

2. What did the army hope for the 30-caliber rifle?

3. What does Shanahan use as a gauge of a disaster?

4. Who is UM006?

5. What was UM006 hit with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did cadavers come from, in 18th century British surgeries?

2. What cases does Mary Roach describe in which people murdered others in order to sell their bodies to surgeons?

3. Describe the procedure in which UM006 was used.

4. What did Thomas Holmes do?

5. How much does UM006's family know what the cadaver is being used for?

6. Who was UM006, and what was he being used for?

7. What part of the embalming procedure did Mary Roach witness?

8. What test was Captain Louis Le Garde ordered to perform in 1893?

9. How does Mary Roach describe the smell of dead bodies?

10. Why does Duncan McPherson say people fall down when shot?

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