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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Death – Chapters 12 - 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Ethel's husband that sexually abused Deborah Lacks when she was a child?
(a) Joe.
(b) Cliff.
(c) Galen.
(d) Cootie.

2. What nickname did Deborah Lacks have within her family?
(a) Liz.
(b) Dottie.
(c) Dale.
(d) Debbie.

3. What disease nearly killed Henrietta's youngest son Joe not long after her death?
(a) Polio.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Scarlet fever.

4. What illness did Hector Henry suffer from during his childhood?
(a) Leukemia.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Polio.

5. What best-selling book did Alexis Carrel publish that criticized an "error" in the U.S. Constitution of equality for all people?
(a) An Error of Cells.
(b) Lights Out.
(c) Man, the Unknown.
(d) Man and Superman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was listed as the official cause of Henrietta Lacks's death?

2. Who wrote the 1976 Rolling Stone article about the Lackses?

3. What was the population of Clover, Virginia, in 1998?

4. The first time that live human cells were ever shipped via the U.S. Postal Service was when George Gey mailed HeLa cells to whom?

5. How many chromosomes are contained in a human cell?

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