True or false: Body heat loss speeds up after 12 hours following death.

Which statement about the rate of decomposition is generally true? (a) The body of an overweight person will decompose faster than the body of a person who was not overweight. (b) Decomposition will occur faster if the body is submerged in water than if it is on land. (c) A buried body decomposes more slowly than a body that is not buried. (d) Ambient temperature does not affect the rate of decomposition.

True or false: Once skin slippage begins, it is impossible to obtain fingerprints.

True or false: Usually, children will lose body heat more slowly than adults.

Marbling occurs as a result of (a) fats being broken down by bacteria (b) chemical reactions of sulfur and hemoglobin (c) lactic acid formation as a result of reduced oxygen levels in the blood (c) muscles contracting after death

A safe, reasonable rate of weight loss is (a) 1 pound per day, (b) 5 pounds per week, (c) 1/2 to 1 pound per week, (d) 1 to 2 pounds per year.

Which can issue death certificates but cannot perform autopsies? (a) coroner (b) pathologist (c) medical examiner (d) both the coroner and the pathologist

Rapid blood loss of ____ quart(s) or more in an adult can lead to shock and death.

Briefly summarize the procedures of an autopsy. Explain which of those procedures help in establishing cause of death, manner of death, and post-mortem interval and how.

True or false: Bones that break when someone is still alive tend to break unevenly, whereas bones broken long after death show clean breaks.

True or false: Because bones can heal, a bone fracture is no longer evident after 10 years.

The presence of drugs in a corpse cannot be determined by a chemical analysis of larvae found feeding on the body.

As you drive along a roadside, you and your friend notice a dead deer. Your friend comments that the deer must have been pregnant. "Did you see the size of its belly? It was huge!" What other explanation could you give your friend as to why the abdominal region of the dead deer was so large?

In your opinion, has the speaker of the poem succeeded in coming to terms with the death of his father? Is it ever possible to come to terms with death and loss? Why or why not?