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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dan Reidy ask Wilbur Howard to do before he died?
(a) Put a confession in a lock box.
(b) Ask for forgiveness.
(c) Bury his wife.
(d) Confess to police.

2. Where were the survivors of Flight 66 sitting?
(a) In the middle of the plane.
(b) In the front of the plane.
(c) In the cockpit.
(d) In the rear of the plane.

3. In what year is the office of the Coroner first described?
(a) 1194.
(b) 1768.
(c) 1587.
(d) 1934.

4. Who was the first medical examiner of New York City?
(a) John Mitchel.
(b) Henry Wilcox.
(c) Tammany Hall.
(d) Dr. Charles Norris.

5. What happened in St. Louis in 1973 that hindered MIA investigations?
(a) There was a computer crash that lost military records.
(b) There was a flood that damaged military records.
(c) There was a fire that burned military records.
(d) There was a tornado that damaged military records.

6. What was the verdict in the Andre case?
(a) Andre was never taken to trial.
(b) Andre was found guilty.
(c) Andre was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
(d) Andre was acquitted.

7. What is a coup injury?
(a) When someone has a bruised scalp, a fractured skull, and a bruised brain, all directly beneath one another.
(b) When someone has a bruised back of the head, a fractured skull, and a bruised brain at the back.
(c) When someone has a bruised scalp, a fractured skull, and a bruised brain, all in different areas.
(d) When someone has a bruised back of the head, a fractured skull, and a bruised brain at the front.

8. How are most people identified in a mass disaster?
(a) Personal property.
(b) Family identification.
(c) Identification tags.
(d) Fingerprints and dental records.

9. What did Baden recommend to the MIA team?
(a) They should get an anthropologist.
(b) They should get an Xray machine.
(c) They should get a microscope.
(d) They should get an ME.

10. What does Baden point out is a misconception about drugs and alcohol?
(a) It is the combination that kills.
(b) It is the type of drug that kills.
(c) It is the blending of drugs that kills.
(d) It is the amount that kills.

11. What case does Baden believe was a triumph for forensic medicine in 1910?
(a) The William Hogarth case.
(b) The Crippen murder case.
(c) The Triffin murder case.
(d) The Jack the Ripper case.

12. What are signs of strangulation?
(a) A fractured windpipe and hemorrhaging in the eye.
(b) A fractured windpipe and hemorrhaging in the nose.
(c) A fractured windpipe and hemorrhaging in the lungs.
(d) A fractured windpipe and hemorrhaging in the feet.

13. Why did Baden not do an autopsy on Nelson Rockefeller?
(a) He didn't want to report a suicide.
(b) He didn't want to cause controversy.
(c) He didn't want to get involved.
(d) He was given a death certificate by his own physician.

14. What were resurrectionists during the time of the French Revolution?
(a) Medical students.
(b) Grave robbers.
(c) Medical examiners.
(d) Morticians.

15. How are the majority of bodies identified?
(a) By bone scans.
(b) By dental records.
(c) By ID tags.
(d) By family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Baden's patient following his release from the hospital at the end of Chapter Two?

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

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

4. What was missing from the body of the bishop on Flight 66?

5. What did William Hare and William Burke do to obtain bodies to sell?

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