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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. Baden's patient at the end of Chapter Two suffers from what?
(a) An infection of the blood.
(b) An infection of the brain.
(c) An infection of the toe.
(d) An infection of the heart valve.

2. What was the end result of Baden's case?
(a) He was moved into a different position.
(b) He was reinstated.
(c) He was given a settlement.
(d) He was not reinstated.

3. Where did Baden moonlight during his residency?
(a) In the police department.
(b) In the dentist's office.
(c) In the medical examiner's office.
(d) In the hospital.

4. What are symptoms of ricin poisoning?
(a) Sore throat, cough, and sneezing.
(b) Sweating, sore joints, and headache.
(c) Heart palpitations, weakness, and numbing.
(d) Abdominal pain, cramps, and dehydration.

5. What did Humes originally claim had happened to the bullet that went into Kennedy's back?
(a) It was lodged in the body.
(b) It exited through the stomach.
(c) It fell back out the entrance wound.
(d) It exited through the arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are many exotic poisons difficult to detect during autopsy?

2. How did Furue claim he matched the bones to the missing person list?

3. What did Sir Percival Pott link with scrotum cancer, as a result of his work in autopsy?

4. What is algor mortis?

5. Why did Ann Hart sue the government?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Baden discovered the age, time of death, and identity of Katherine Howard.

2. Explain how the body of Theresa Ferrara was identified and why there were different strands of hair on her torso.

3. What does Baden note in Chapter One is the price of fame when a celebrity dies, and why?

4. Briefly explain the case of Ann Hart.

5. Describe the blunders that occurred during the Levin and Chambers case.

6. Describe why there was controversy surrounding the death of Elvis.

7. Explain why identification of the victims of Flight 66 was hindered.

8. Explain what Baden notes occurs by the French Revolution as a way to bring bodies to medical schools for science.

9. In the end of Chapter One, the report given to the FBI suggests two shooters. Explain the event that prompted the committee to suggest this.

10. Many cases are mentioned in Chapter Four that others point to as proof that Baden made poor judgments while acting as ME. What is his defense, in general, for the accusations?

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