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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Beyond the Black Box.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was UM006 hit with?
(a) A pile of bricks.
(b) A linear impactor.
(c) A pipe.
(d) A car.

2. What does Mary Roach say patients at teaching hospitals would get, before 1800?
(a) To watch surgeries.
(b) Money for undergoing surgery.
(c) Unnecessary procedures.
(d) Large charges for small procedures.

3. When did injury analysis begin?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1988.

4. Laws prevented people from stealing what from graves?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Heirlooms.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Bodies.

5. How will a person's wounds tell a different story, according to Mary Roach's reading on pathology?
(a) Depending on how long it took for a ship to sink.
(b) Depending on where they sat in a plane.
(c) Depending on whether a plane was bombed or simply crashed.
(d) Depending on whether the person was one of the first to be impacted in a crash.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Shanahan not afraid of air travel?

2. How often do families renege on their consent, according to Mike Walsh?

3. What do researchers measure by creating typical scenarios?

4. What did the passengers' burns rule out for Shanahan?

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

(see the answer key)

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