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Michael Baden
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Unnatural Death: Confessions of a Medical Examiner Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Michael Baden
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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 does Baden prove is the material around Dr. Martin Luther King's wound?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Powder grains.
(c) Soot.
(d) Lead.

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

3. How does Baden prove the bullet went into John Connally sideways?
(a) He reviewed the medical notes of the attending physician.
(b) He reviewed the Xrays.
(c) He physically examined him in 1978.
(d) He viewed the video.

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

5. Why are many exotic poisons difficult to detect during autopsy?
(a) The poisons leave the body before autopsy.
(b) The tests are too expensive to run routinely.
(c) The tests are difficult to obtain.
(d) The poisons are small in dose.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Baden not do an autopsy on Nelson Rockefeller?

3. What causes the skin and blood of a victim to turn cherry-pink?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the body of Theresa Ferrara was identified and why there were different strands of hair on her torso.

2. Explain how ricin came into fame in 1978.

3. What are the ways mentioned in Chapter Six to identify a body?

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

5. Explain why Baden believes coroners are often in trouble as a result of their positions.

6. In the end of Chapter One, the report given to the FBI suggests two shooters. Explain the event that prompted the committee to suggest this.

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

8. Explain why Baden chose forensic medicine as his profession.

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

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

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