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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Just a Head.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a 'temporary stretch cavity'?
(a) The opening made by a bullet.
(b) The depth of a bullet wound.
(c) The flesh that flows into the opening made by a bullet.
(d) The width of a bullet wound measured in terms of the surgical instruments it will admit.

2. What do researchers risk if they omit details of their research on cadavers?
(a) Perjuring themselves.
(b) Violating ethics laws.
(c) Offending families later.
(d) Losing cadavers to work with in the future.

3. What is the basis for calls to stop cadaver research?
(a) Families would object to it.
(b) Disclosure.
(c) Ethics.
(d) Expense.

4. How does Mary Roach describe the possibility of testing for consciousness in severed heads?
(a) Perverse.
(b) Promising.
(c) Ghastly.
(d) Fascinating.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does neurologist Dennis Tobin believe people fall down when shot?

2. What do students at the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science do to cadavers' mouths?

3. What do students at the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science stuff cadavers' eyes with?

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

5. The University of Tennessee Medical Center is the home to the only facility that does what?

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