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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Immortality – Chapters 33 - 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Paul Lurz's position at Crownsville Hospital Center when Deborah and Rebecca visited in search of past records?
(a) Director of medical ethics.
(b) Director of virology.
(c) Director of performance and improvement.
(d) Director of biological sciences.

2. What was the central reason that the HeLa factory was developed?
(a) To fight epilepsy.
(b) To fight cancer.
(c) To fight polio.
(d) To fight syphilis.

3. What was the name of the pathologist who performed the autopsy on Henrietta Lacks?
(a) Dr. Jones.
(b) Dr. Gey.
(c) Dr. Rogers.
(d) Dr. Wilbur.

4. 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) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. When was the Human Genome Project begun?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1967.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovered radium and its ability to destroy cancer cells?

2. On what date does Rebecca Skloot describe driving to clover in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 38?

3. How much blood did Henrietta's cousin Emmett and his friends donate when they heard Henrietta was in need of transfusions at the hospital?

4. What was the birth name of Henrietta Lacks's fifth child?

5. Who was the president of the Henrietta Lacks Health History Museum Foundation, Inc., that was established in Turner Station?

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