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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6: The Fruits of Long Endeavors; Atossa's War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mukherjee end the book?
(a) With Carla's story.
(b) With Farber's cancer story.
(c) With a tale of Gemaine.
(d) With the tale of Atossa.

2. At the clinic they would run clinical trials and focus on what?
(a) Laboratory experiments.
(b) Getting clear test results.
(c) The rate of survival from cancer.
(d) The day to day care of patients.

3. Orman was diagnosed with what?
(a) Kaposi Sarcoma.
(b) Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
(c) Hodgkin's lymphoma.
(d) Basal Cell Carcinoma.

4. Cole believed that these theories may have been right when?
(a) In some cases.
(b) In all cases.
(c) Never.
(d) In most cases.

5. In hypertrophy, the number of cells __________ change.
(a) Did.
(b) Sometimes did.
(c) Rarely did.
(d) Did not.

Short Answer Questions

1. This place was 'our __________________,' a chemotherapist recalls.

2. This time a significant link was found. Lobbies began to appear to do what?

3. Who led tests on intensive chemotherapy by using 4 drugs referred to as MOPP?

4. Susan Sontag is diagnosed with cancer. She begins to notices parallels between cancer and what other disease?

5. Phyllis Clauson said she felt that the world needed to know what?

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