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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Immortality – Chapters 28 - 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Deborah Lacks's first child?
(a) Fred Garret.
(b) Alfred Carter.
(c) Henry Harris.
(d) Harry Eagle.

2. On what date did Joe Lacks murder Eldridge Lee Ivy?
(a) October 4, 1951.
(b) October 4, 1969.
(c) September 15, 1970.
(d) January 29, 1972.

3. The author states in the book that by the time Keenan Kester Cofield contacted the Lacks family, he was already banned from filing lawsuits in how many countries?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

4. Who was the president of the Henrietta Lacks Health History Museum Foundation, Inc., that was established in Turner Station?
(a) Michael Rogers.
(b) Joseph Lacks.
(c) Roland Pattillo.
(d) Courtney Speed.

5. What had Deborah's son been arrested for when she called Rebecca Skloot sobbing at the end of Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 31?
(a) Robbery.
(b) Murder.
(c) Rape.
(d) Arson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What discovery did the researchers make after sending HeLa cells into space in the 1960s?

2. What best-selling book did Alexis Carrel publish that criticized an "error" in the U.S. Constitution of equality for all people?

3. What comparison did the researcher at Johns Hopkins make for a person's cells and their rights to a portion of the profits for those cells in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?

4. Who came with Deborah to Johns Hopkins to see Henrietta Lacks's cells?

5. When did Joe Lacks turn himself into the police for the murder of Eldridge Lee Ivy?

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