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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 did Humes do with his original notes from the autopsy?
(a) He burned them.
(b) He lost them.
(c) He edited them.
(d) He published them.

2. What did William Hare and William Burke do to obtain bodies to sell?
(a) Steal bodies from hospitals.
(b) Steal bodies from mortuaries.
(c) Murder people.
(d) Find bodies during war.

3. What happened to the property of a suicide victim during this time?
(a) It was given to the poor.
(b) It was given to the Crown.
(c) It was given to the family.
(d) It was given to the natives.

4. What are symptoms of ricin poisoning?
(a) Abdominal pain, cramps, and dehydration.
(b) Sore throat, cough, and sneezing.
(c) Heart palpitations, weakness, and numbing.
(d) Sweating, sore joints, and headache.

5. What does Baden blame for the increase in mercury scare dsuring his time as ME?
(a) He blames improper testing.
(b) He blames infected swordfish.
(c) He blames environmental factors.
(d) He blames more accurate testing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the end result of Baden's case?

2. What fact about the 'magic' bullet does Baden point out that explains its ability to travel through more than one person?

3. Who was the first victim on which autopsy was performed in a murder investigation?

4. What does Baden note is the desire of the DAs office in terms of the ME?

5. How long did it take Baden's wrongful dismissal suit to go to trial?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to much of the evidence in the Kennedy assassination case, and what does Baden believe occurred?

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

4. Describe why Baden believes the dead woman at the fund raiser and the dead baby in the impoverished apartment represent the inequalities of life.

5. List the three tests used to determine how long someone has been dead, and mention what they are.

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

7. Describe the event in Oklahoma that caused the state to create an office of medical examiner.

8. 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?

9. Explain what Baden notes occurs by the French Revolution as a way to bring bodies to medical schools for science.

10. Describe how Baden explains why the father of the female drug addict in Chapter Two has little emotion.

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