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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 did Travis and Peters do to cover up the crime?
(a) They dismembered the body.
(b) They hid the body.
(c) They burned down the house.
(d) They fed the body to pigs.

2. What is Baden's criticism against the doctors who saw Tinning's nine dead children?
(a) That they didn't want to suspect murder.
(b) That they didn't show enough sympathy.
(c) That they were inefficient.
(d) That they could have saved the children.

3. What is the proof of cyanide poisoning Baden finds in the bodies that is crucial to the case?
(a) The smell of bitter almonds is present.
(b) Cyanide is found in the tissue.
(c) There is lividity in the bodies.
(d) Baden didn't find proof of cyanide poisoning.

4. What was Baden's listed cause of death for Daphne Mellon?
(a) Drug overdose.
(b) Gunshot wound.
(c) Strangulation.
(d) Blunt force trauma.

5. How many Tinning children were given a cause of death of SIDS?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baden mention that can slow digestion by almost an hour?

2. Who watched the autopsy of Jaroslawicz?

3. Which organ is particularly important for detecting poison?

4. Why were the corrections officers not supposed to take part in the raid?

5. What was the original cause of death listed on Daphne Mellon's death certificate?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain Ondine's syndrome.

3. 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.

4. Explain how Baden knew the hostages were killed by the guards.

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

6. Describe how Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Hess were killed by the other inmates.

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

8. Describe the potassium eye fluid test.

9. Explain the circumstances surrounding the finding of Daphne Mellon's vehicle, personal items, and body, and why those findings led to questions.

10. How did Baden know the killer in the Buffalo slayings was trained, either as a hunter or medically?

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