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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Baden's first homicide case?
(a) A shoot out in a hotel.
(b) A man who kills his wife's lover.
(c) A woman who poisons her husband.
(d) A hit and run.

2. What is algor mortis?
(a) A method to determine time of death that uses body stiffness.
(b) A method to determine time of death that uses body temperature.
(c) A method to determine time of death that uses body color.
(d) A method to determine time of death that uses body decomposition.

3. 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.

4. What happens to Baden's patient following his release from the hospital at the end of Chapter Two?
(a) He dies of infection.
(b) He dies in a car accident.
(c) He dies of cancer.
(d) He dies of an overdose.

5. What does the author note about the competency of natural death autopsies?
(a) They are never done competently.
(b) They are usually done competently.
(c) They are always done incompetently.
(d) They are always done competently.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are characteristics of an alcoholic's liver?

2. What is a coup injury?

3. What does Baden learn after noting $40 on the body of a dead man in an apartment?

4. What does Baden note about the FBI photographer at the scene of the autopsy?

5. What does Baden believe the group proved, beyond a doubt?

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