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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. Why did Ann Hart sue the government?
(a) Claiming her husband went AWOL.
(b) Sexual harassment.
(c) Misidentifying her remains.
(d) Misidentifying her husband's remains.

2. What two disciplines does Baden claim are combined in the medical examiner's position?
(a) Science and law.
(b) Politics and finance.
(c) Science and politics.
(d) Politics and law.

3. Where did Humes place the gunshot wound to the head erroneously?
(a) Four inches to the left of the actual wound.
(b) Four inches too low.
(c) Four inches to the right of the actual wound.
(d) Four inches too high.

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

5. What does Baden believe is the end goal of the DA?
(a) To err on the side of caution for the police.
(b) To pursue the truth at all consequences.
(c) To find justice for the family.
(d) To get a conviction, regardless of truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author note about the competency of natural death autopsies?

2. What do the police claim Frank Falco used to pretend he had a gun?

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

4. What does Baden note about the FBI photographer at the scene of the autopsy?

5. Why do the fallopian tubes of prostitutes show scarring during autopsy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe why there was controversy surrounding the death of Elvis.

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

3. Describe why Baden notes the conspiracy theorists' use of the head movement of Kennedy after his shooting leads to unreliable conclusions.

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

5. Many cases are mentioned in Chapter Four that others point to as proof that Baden made poor judgments while acting as ME. What is his defense, in general, for the accusations?

6. Describe the blunders that occurred during the Levin and Chambers case.

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

8. Explain how ricin came into fame in 1978.

9. Explain how Baden discovered the age, time of death, and identity of Katherine Howard.

10. Explain how the body of the mafioso was identified.

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