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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Perez and Narcisco were found guilty of what?
(a) Poisoning thirty-five people.
(b) Poisoning ten people.
(c) Poisoning one hundred people.
(d) Poisoning six people.

2. What did Humes do with his original notes from the autopsy?
(a) He lost them.
(b) He burned them.
(c) He published them.
(d) He edited them.

3. What is algor 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.

4. What does Baden prove is the material around Dr. Martin Luther King's wound?
(a) Lead.
(b) Soot.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Powder grains.

5. What does Baden note about the FBI photographer at the scene of the autopsy?
(a) His camera was insufficient for the job.
(b) He had never done autopsy photos.
(c) He did not have clearance.
(d) He was overqualified.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some list as a reason to believe Marilyn Monroe was murdered?

2. Where did Baden moonlight during his residency?

3. Why does Baden finally choose to follow forensic medicine?

4. Which autopsies are done incompetently much of the time?

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

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