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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 coat hanger as Tinning tried to hasten birth.
(b) An attempted abortion.
(c) A rape.
(d) A drug needle as Tinning shot it into her stomach.

2. How many Tinning children were given a cause of death of SIDS?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

3. What did Travis do when Dr. Brown caught him inside the house?
(a) He choked her.
(b) He punched her in the neck.
(c) He stabbed her in the neck.
(d) He shot her in the neck.

4. What happened to Riverdell Hospital?
(a) It was demolished in a tornado.
(b) It was closed by the government.
(c) It was burned down.
(d) It closed for lack of patients.

5. Why was Baden called in to investigate at Attica?
(a) The original ME claimed the hostages died from being shot by guards.
(b) The original ME claimed the hostages died from being poisoned by other prisoners.
(c) The original ME claimed the prisoners died from being shot by other prisoners.
(d) The original ME claimed the hostages died from being stabbed by guards.

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

7. What was the verdict in Claus's second trial?
(a) He was found guilty.
(b) He was found guilty but mentally ill.
(c) He was found not guilty.
(d) There was no second trial.

8. What was the original cause of death listed on Daphne Mellon's death certificate?
(a) Drug overdose.
(b) Blunt force trauma.
(c) Strangulation.
(d) Gunshot wound.

9. How was Smith killed by Kuklinski?
(a) Cyanide and gunshot.
(b) Cyanide and strangulation.
(c) Cyanide and stabbing.
(d) Cyanide and blunt force trauma to the head.

10. How did Baden know Fried's death was not suicide by overdose?
(a) He had low levels of barbiturates in his system.
(b) He did not have any drugs in his system.
(c) He had low levels of heroin in his system.
(d) He had low levels of cocaine in his system.

11. What did Robert Travis and Larry Peters set out to do at Dr. Brown's property on the night she died?
(a) Burn the house down.
(b) Steal her antiques.
(c) Steal gas.
(d) Steal a car.

12. Why were MEs suspicious of the number of SIDS deaths?
(a) SIDS is caused by smoking, and the Tinnings did not smoke.
(b) SIDS is a genetic disease.
(c) Only one in a million die of SIDS.
(d) Only three in a thousand die of SIDS.

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. Who led the state police in the raid?
(a) William Quinn.
(b) Roger Champen.
(c) Frank Smith.
(d) Hank Williams.

15. What was the first indicator that the Tinning children did not die from bad genes?
(a) One child was shot.
(b) One child had severe bruising.
(c) One child was found starved to death.
(d) One child was adopted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Baden's criticism against the doctors who saw Tinning's nine dead children?

2. What does Baden claim about the "cardiorespiratory arrest" cause of death issued for Joseph?

3. Why did Nigerians misdiagnose the reddish color of the brain in the body of Whitney Young, as a brain hemorrhage?

4. Claus von Bulow was originally found guilty of what?

5. What does Baden claim in the cause of failure for the ME system?

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