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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rick Lowden study?

2. What evidence does Shanahan use to come to this conclusion?

3. When does 'human wreckage' become useful to an investigation?

4. What does Mary Roach wonder about the cadavers?

5. For how long after death can internal organs be identified?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of signs did the cadavers from Flight 800 have?

2. When did injury analysis begin?

3. What does Mary Roach say was the practice with dead soldiers in the Civil War?

4. How does Mary Roach say that the British circumvent consent laws for using cadavers for research or training?

5. Why is Shanahan confident about air travel in spite of his work?

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

7. What was the result of the test Le Garde performed?

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

9. Why does Dennis Tobin say people fall down when shot?

10. What projects has the military used cadavers for, in Mary Roach's account?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Mary Roach's central concern in 'Stiff'? Her book covers a wide variety of topics regarding dead bodies. What is her central interest--Or is this book a wide-ranging 'exploration' that is not tightly centered on an overarching question or concern?

Essay Topic 2

What is Mary Roach's relationship with the experts she consults with? What authority does her status as 'writer' give her on the question of cadavers and dead bodies? Does she have more or less authority than certain experts? What could she do with the authority she gained by writing the book?

Essay Topic 3

How would you characterize Mary Roach's intellect, in regard to how she navigates this challenging and sensitive topic? What kind of a person is she, and how do you think she would handle other challenging situations or topics?

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