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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. Who do researchers help with their work at the University of Tennessee?
(a) Cancer research.
(b) Families.
(c) Raw science.
(d) Criminal investigations.

2. What are researchers trying to determine by studying impacts?
(a) How to prevent side-impact injuries.
(b) How much force a soldier can withstand.
(c) How to design helmets.
(d) How rescue techniques can save lives.

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

4. Who is Hugh Patterson?
(a) A writer.
(b) A cadaver.
(c) A surgeon.
(d) The head of the willed body program of UCSF Medical School.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do researchers risk if they omit details of their research on cadavers?

2. What does evidence suggest killed the passengers on TWA Flight 800?

3. Why was it hard for Shanahan to investigate the crash of TWA Flight 800?

4. Who did Robert Knox buy corpses from?

5. What causes bloat in cadavers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why are human cadavers preferable to animals?

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

5. Why was TWA Flight 800 so emotional for Shanahan?

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

7. How does consent figure in the use of cadavers for medical training?

8. When did dissections of cadavers begin?

9. How were morticians preparing bodies at the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science?

10. How does Mary Roach say cadavers have been treated, historically?

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