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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Baden's patient following his release from the hospital at the end of Chapter Two?

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

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

4. What does Baden point out is a misconception about drugs and alcohol?

5. How do the police catch Thomas Trantino?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Humes' excuse about the faulty autopsy, and is this excuse valid?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. Explain Baden's experience of the convergence of hospital medicine and the morgue, and why the event had an impact on him.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 1 of the book, Baden discusses the concept of celebrity death, and the effect of a flawed autopsy on the perception of foul play surrounding the death. Do you think conspiracy theories are derived from the life of the celebrity, or the circumstances surrounding their death, or both? Why? What aspects of life or death help frame a conspiracy theory following death? Why do some celebrities suffer such beliefs after their death and some do not? Based on this, do you think forensic science can have an effect on these ideas? Why or why not? What does this say about forensic science?

Essay Topic 2

In the Joseph Christopher case, Baden points out several odd serial killer characteristics. What made Christopher a rare serial killer? What were his methods? What were his motives? How does this differ from other serial killers? Be sure to be detailed in your answers, and include each phase of Christopher's killing spree, including:

• The shootings in Buffalo

• The killings of the taxi drivers

• The slashings in New York

Essay Topic 3

Explain the forensics used in the case of the prison riot at Attica to prove the guards accidentally shot the hostages. What techniques did Baden use to look at the bodies? What did he find? Why did people dislike his findings? How could he prove the findings? What mistakes did others, such as the funeral director, make that hindered the investigation? Did this serve to increase the tension? Why? Do you think the end result at Attica was beneficial? Why? What group did the riots help create? What does that group do? How did that help the prisoners in the long run?

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