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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. Dr. Worthington was willing to testify to what?
2. Why was Baden called in to investigate at Attica?
3. What did Jaroslawicz die from?
4. Why did Baden question Dr. Worthington's qualifications?
5. How did the masochist doctor die at the end of Chapter Ten?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain how the defense for Hendricks tried to argue the digestive system argument, and Baden's counter argument.
2. What are possible motives given for Joseph Christopher's killing spree?
3. Describe the symptoms of a heroin overdose, and how it kills.
4. Explain what Baden and his team found when they became part of the medical review board that monitors prison deaths, and how those issues were addressed.
5. Explain the circumstances surrounding the finding of Daphne Mellon's vehicle, personal items, and body, and why those findings led to questions.
6. Explain the disparity between Dr. Lee's issued cause of death and Baden's issued cause of death for Dr. Brown.
7. Explain how Baden knew the hostages were killed by the guards.
8. 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.
9. Explain why the DA dropped the three additional murder charges against Kuklinski.
10. 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.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Baden closes the novel by noting that the system is failing, and has been failing for some time. Why does he say this? What does he attribute as the cause of this failure? What are some things he thinks can help fix the situation? Do you agree these things are important? Why or why not? After reading the novel, do you think forensic medicine, and the role of the ME, are important? Why? What power do they have? What are their responsibilities, and why are these important?
Essay Topic 2
The novel discusses three clear methods to detect time of death, those of rigor mortis, livor mortis, and algor mortis.
Part 1) List each method, and discuss, in detail, how that method helps determine the time of death.
Part 2) Compare and contrast the three methods. How are they the same? How are they different?
Part 3) Which is the best method of detection? Why? What are the limitations of this method?
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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