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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 claim was the cause of death for Whitney Young?
(a) An infection that caused fainting, which contributed to drowning.
(b) A stroke which contributed to drowning.
(c) A heart attack which contributed to drowning.
(d) A blow to the head, which contributed to drowning.

2. What was the original cause of death listed on Daphne Mellon's death certificate?
(a) Blunt force trauma.
(b) Strangulation.
(c) Gunshot wound.
(d) Drug overdose.

3. What happened to the prisoners who told reporters they disagreed with the riot?
(a) They were beat to death.
(b) They were set free.
(c) They were stabbed to death.
(d) They were shot to death.

4. What is unique about killer Joseph Christopher?
(a) He is black, killing blacks.
(b) He is a transvestite killing gays.
(c) He does not fit a serial killer image.
(d) He is a white man killing black women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What method does Baden use to determine time of death for John Belushi?

2. How does Baden know Gail Morris died on Saturday, and not on Friday or Sunday?

3. Why is exhumation done early in the morning?

4. How did Baden determine true time of death?

5. What did the funeral director miss when preparing the body for funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the disparity between Dr. Lee's issued cause of death and Baden's issued cause of death for Dr. Brown.

2. Explain the three themes of Baden's affidavit in the case of Claus von Bulow.

3. Describe the circumstances in the case of the S&M nurse and doctor in Chapter Ten that led to the case being taken to a grand jury to process the nurse for homicide.

4. Explain how and why Jascalevich killed the patients of other doctors.

5. Explain what Baden notices about Sunny's levels of alcohol and barbiturates, and why he calculates them as fatal levels at the time of her coma.

6. Explain Ondine's syndrome.

7. Why did Kuklinski use cyanide, and how did Baden discover it on his victims?

8. Why did Jerald Sklar confess to police his knowledge and his crimes, and what was the result?

9. Explain how Baden used the digestive system to determine time of death in the Hendricks case.

10. Describe how the development of maggots helped determine time of death in the case of Gail Morris.

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