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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. Why does Baden offer to do a minimum autopsy?

2. What did Jaroslawicz die from?

3. How did Jerald Sklar claim Catherine Fried had killed her husband?

4. Why did Claus reject the idea of arguing that Sunny committed suicide?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the potassium eye fluid test.

2. How did Baden know Paul Fried had not committed suicide?

3. Explain why the prisoners at Attica were rioting, including those things mentioned that were problems for the corrections board.

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the mistakes that led to the original conviction of Claus von Bulow. From what did the EMTs who delivered Sunny, his wife, believe she was suffering ? What caused the hospital staff to disagree? What mistake did they make as a result? Following their assumptions, what mistakes did the lab make in testing Sunny's samples? Why did this lead to false information? What assumptions were made about the insulin needle? What turned out to be the truth? What does this say about the importance of proper procedures in this position?

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

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?

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