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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. How did Baden determine true time of death?
(a) Rigor mortis.
(b) Algor mortis.
(c) Potassium eye fluid test.
(d) Livor mortis.

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

3. What is succinylcholine typically used for?
(a) To relax skeletal muscles.
(b) To ease pain.
(c) To ease headaches.
(d) To relax tension.

4. What did Travis and Peters not know about Dr. Brown?
(a) She was married.
(b) She was a martial arts expert.
(c) She was a night owl.
(d) She was not at home.

5. How did the masochist doctor die at the end of Chapter Ten?
(a) He died from a gunshot wound.
(b) He died from starvation.
(c) He died by asphyxiation.
(d) He died from a heroin overdose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Jaroslawicz's body preserved so well?

2. What does Baden claim was the cause of death for Whitney Young?

3. What was the verdict in Claus's second trial?

4. For what was Michael Privitiera killed?

5. Claus von Bulow was originally found guilty of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are possible motives given for Joseph Christopher's killing spree?

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

5. Explain why doctors believed Sunny von Bulow was suffering from low blood sugar on her arrival the third time at the hospital, in spite of EMT belief that she was suffering an overdose.

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

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

8. Explain how Carl Cappolino killed William E. Farber.

9. Describe the symptoms of a heroin overdose, and how it kills.

10. Explain why the DA dropped the three additional murder charges against Kuklinski.

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