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

2. How often could autopsies be performed in Massachusetts?
(a) Every four years.
(b) Once every ten years.
(c) Every day.
(d) Every year.

3. 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.

4. Why are many exotic poisons difficult to detect during autopsy?
(a) The tests are too expensive to run routinely.
(b) The tests are difficult to obtain.
(c) The poisons are small in dose.
(d) The poisons leave the body before autopsy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baden claim happens at the site of an accident?

2. What did Humes do with his original notes from the autopsy?

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

4. Who was the first victim on which autopsy was performed in a murder investigation?

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

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