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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Baden believe is the end goal of the DA?
(a) To pursue the truth at all consequences.
(b) To err on the side of caution for the police.
(c) To get a conviction, regardless of truth.
(d) To find justice for the family.

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

4. What did Baden find in the pilot of Flight 66?
(a) Lung cancer.
(b) Hardened arteries.
(c) A damaged windpipe.
(d) Prostate cancer.

5. What does Baden note about the symmetry of the human body?
(a) It is always bigger on the left.
(b) It is asymmetrical.
(c) It is always bigger on the right.
(d) It is symmetrical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baden note his profession was believed to be?

2. What does Baden believe is a reflection of the way people live?

3. What did medical examiners have to decide between as a cause of death for Elvis?

4. Why did Baden not do an autopsy on Nelson Rockefeller?

5. What causes the skin and blood of a victim to turn cherry-pink?

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