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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What piece of evidence was crucial to the case in 1910?
(a) The scar on the pelvis.
(b) The scar on the arm.
(c) The scar on the scalp.
(d) The scar on the torso.

3. What event forced Scotland Yard to begin examining the role of the coroner?
(a) The rise of murders.
(b) The Plague.
(c) The failure to find Jack the Ripper.
(d) The Black Death.

4. Why did Ann Hart sue the government?
(a) Misidentifying her husband's remains.
(b) Sexual harassment.
(c) Claiming her husband went AWOL.
(d) Misidentifying her remains.

5. Why is exhumation done early in the morning?
(a) It is economical.
(b) It takes a day.
(c) It is easier to dig in the morning.
(d) There are fewer people in the cemetery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Travis decide to try to steal from inside the house of Dr. Brown?

2. What did the prisoners do to William Quinn?

3. How do the police catch Thomas Trantino?

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

5. Which organ is particularly important for detecting poison?

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