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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were MEs suspicious of the number of SIDS deaths?
(a) Only three in a thousand die of SIDS.
(b) SIDS is caused by smoking, and the Tinnings did not smoke.
(c) SIDS is a genetic disease.
(d) Only one in a million die of SIDS.

2. What happened to the property of a suicide victim during this time?
(a) It was given to the natives.
(b) It was given to the poor.
(c) It was given to the family.
(d) It was given to the Crown.

3. What did Sir Percival Pott link with scrotum cancer, as a result of his work in autopsy?
(a) Being a sewage worker.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Being a chimney sweep.

4. What caused Belushi's brain to swell?
(a) Stroke.
(b) Brain aneurysm.
(c) Drug overdose.
(d) Heart attack.

5. What fact about the 'magic' bullet does Baden point out that explains its ability to travel through more than one person?
(a) The bullet was not jacketed.
(b) The bullet was specially made.
(c) The bullet was made with a full metal jacket.
(d) The bullet was large.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Baden's patient following his release from the hospital at the end of Chapter Two?

2. What did Jaroslawicz die from?

3. Why does Baden say MEs fear SIDS organizations when they investigate a child's death?

4. What is unique about killer Joseph Christopher?

5. How often could autopsies be performed in Massachusetts?

(see the answer key)

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