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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Baden theorize actually introduced meningitis into Jennifer?
(a) A drug needle as Tinning shot it into her stomach.
(b) A rape.
(c) A coat hanger as Tinning tried to hasten birth.
(d) An attempted abortion.

2. How did the masochist doctor die at the end of Chapter Ten?
(a) He died from a heroin overdose.
(b) He died from a gunshot wound.
(c) He died by asphyxiation.
(d) He died from starvation.

3. Why were the Attica lawsuits mostly thrown out?
(a) Unfairness in prosecution.
(b) The guards in question died.
(c) No one was guilty of anything.
(d) The prisoners in question died.

4. How did the ME know Masgay had been frozen?
(a) He found ice crystals in the tissue.
(b) His eyeballs had burst.
(c) There was frostbite on the toes.
(d) His nose was still frozen.

5. What was the cause of death for Robert, the Sutton Place Banker found tied to a bed?
(a) Heroin overdose.
(b) Gunshot wound.
(c) Strangulation.
(d) Starvation.

6. What did the Buffalo Killer do to the taxi drivers in Buffalo?
(a) Cut off their hands.
(b) Cut out their hearts.
(c) Cut off their heads.
(d) Cut out their kidneys.

7. Dr. Worthington was willing to testify to what?
(a) That Sunny had overdosed.
(b) That Sunny had bruises and scratches consistent with abuse.
(c) That Sunny had bruises and scratches consistent with self inflicted wounds.
(d) That Sunny had been murdered.

8. What do drowning victims have in common with heroin overdose cases?
(a) Both have enlarged veins.
(b) Both have fluid in the lungs.
(c) Both have foam in the airway.
(d) Both have enlarged brains.

9. What pattern does Baden find in the .22 caliber killer, the New York Slasher, and the Buffalo Slasher?
(a) The killer is extremely brazen.
(b) The killer is distant.
(c) The killer is weak.
(d) The killer used the same weapon.

10. What did Sklar do following Paul's murder?
(a) Used a copy of house keys to rob the home.
(b) Helped bury the body.
(c) Helped cut up the body.
(d) Stole the car from the garage.

11. How did Baden determine true time of death?
(a) Livor mortis.
(b) Algor mortis.
(c) Rigor mortis.
(d) Potassium eye fluid test.

12. How does heroin kill?
(a) It induces heart attack.
(b) It causes a stroke.
(c) It depresses the brain enough so it forgets to send a signal to the heart.
(d) It depresses the brain enough so it forgets to send a signal to breathe.

13. What is succinylcholine typically used for?
(a) To ease pain.
(b) To relax tension.
(c) To relax skeletal muscles.
(d) To ease headaches.

14. Why was Jaroslawicz's body preserved so well?
(a) He was kept in plastic underwater.
(b) He was kept in plastic in a warm room.
(c) He was kept in plastic in a cold room.
(d) He was kept in plastic outside.

15. What does Baden believe was the motive for Tinning's murders?
(a) Sympathy.
(b) Fame.
(c) Her husband was going to leave her.
(d) Insurance money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the trooper's weapons fire?

2. Why was Sunny von Bulow hospitalized the second time?

3. What does Baden accuse MEs of doing at the beginning of Chapter Eleven if they can't figure out a cause of death?

4. Where did David Hendricks take his children to eat the night they were murdered?

5. Where was the body of Daphne Mellon found?

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