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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was missing from the body of the bishop on Flight 66?
(a) A ring, cross, and gold wristwatch.
(b) A ring and a belt.
(c) His left leg.
(d) His right arm.

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

3. What does Baden note about the symmetry of the human body?
(a) It is symmetrical.
(b) It is always bigger on the left.
(c) It is always bigger on the right.
(d) It is asymmetrical.

4. 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 tornado that damaged military records.
(c) There was a fire that burned military records.
(d) There was a flood that damaged military records.

5. What was the end result of Baden's case?
(a) He was reinstated.
(b) He was moved into a different position.
(c) He was not reinstated.
(d) He was given a settlement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sir Percival Pott link with scrotum cancer, as a result of his work in autopsy?

2. What two disciplines does Baden claim are combined in the medical examiner's position?

3. In Chapter Two, what actually caused the death of the man being autopsied in fear of small pox?

4. What does Baden realize about Humes and Finck, the men who performed the original autopsy?

5. What group was set up in 1977 to help explain the Kennedy assassination?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how ricin came into fame in 1978.

2. Discuss why Baden believes how someone dies is a reflection of how they live.

3. Describe briefly the position of coroner during the reign of King Richard I.

4. Describe the People vs. Levine case. What was the case, and why did Baden fail to do as he was asked by the DA?

5. What does Baden note in Chapter One is the price of fame when a celebrity dies, and why?

6. Explain the circumstances surrounding the guilty verdict of Harvey Crippen.

7. Describe the symptoms of strangulation, as seen during autopsy.

8. Briefly explain the case of Ann Hart.

9. What is psychosis with exhaustion, according to Baden?

10. Discuss the symptoms of strychnine.

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