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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Life - Chapters 6 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year was it when a group of researchers at the National Institutes of Health had proven the possibility of immortal cells using mouse cells?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1943.

2. Who wrote the 1976 Rolling Stone article about the Lackses?
(a) Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde.
(b) Fred Garret.
(c) Roland Pattillo.
(d) Michael Rogers.

3. On what date did Henrietta marry David Lacks?
(a) January 29, 1945.
(b) October 4, 1951.
(c) February 5, 1951.
(d) April 10, 1941.

4. What term refers to the belief and practice which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population through selective reproduction?
(a) Eugenics.
(b) Necromancy.
(c) Ebonics.
(d) Virology.

5. Where did Henrietta live with her grandfather growing up after her mother died?
(a) Clover, Virginia.
(b) Baltimore, Maryland.
(c) Atlanta, Georgia.
(d) Cleveland, Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness did Hector Henry suffer from during his childhood?

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

3. On what date did Henrietta Lacks die?

4. What was the nickname of Henrietta's cousin that tried to kill himself when he found out that Henrietta was marrying David?

5. Who was David and Henrietta's cousin that convinced David to look for work in the steel industry in Baltimore in 1941?

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