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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Claus von Bulow was originally found guilty of what?
(a) Two counts of attempted murder.
(b) Two counts of murder.
(c) One count of murder.
(d) One count of attempted murder.

2. 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.

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

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

5. What did Mario Jascalevich claim to be doing with curare?
(a) Testing on dogs.
(b) Treating patients outside the hospital.
(c) Dosing himself.
(d) Stealing it to sell.

6. What method does Baden use to determine time of death for John Belushi?
(a) Algor mortis.
(b) Rigor mortis.
(c) Livor mortis.
(d) Rigor mortis, livor mortis, and algor mortis.

7. Why did Claus reject the idea of arguing that Sunny committed suicide?
(a) He didn't believe she would commit suicide.
(b) He didn't want to hurt her image.
(c) He thought her family would be angry.
(d) He thought his family would be angry.

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

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

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

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

12. What caused Belushi's brain to swell?
(a) Brain aneurysm.
(b) Stroke.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Drug overdose.

13. What did the prisoners do to William Quinn?
(a) Shot him.
(b) Beat him into a coma.
(c) Stabbed him.
(d) Raped him.

14. What does Baden find when he examines the body of Gail Morris?
(a) There are stab wounds.
(b) There are gunshot wounds in the back.
(c) There are wounds consistent with being hit in the head.
(d) There are no signs of murder.

15. What did Travis and Peters do to cover up the crime?
(a) They dismembered the body.
(b) They fed the body to pigs.
(c) They hid the body.
(d) They burned down the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Riverdell Hospital?

2. What happened to Sunny von Bulow the third time she was hospitalized?

3. Why did the urine in Belushi's bladder help police?

4. What did Baden find when Carmella's body was exhumed?

5. How does Baden discover time of death in the Hendricks case?

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