1. Where was Roland Pattillo working as a professor of gynecology when Rebecca Skloot first contacted him regarding Henrietta Lacks?
(a) Morehouse School of Medicine.
(b) UCLA School of Medicine.
(c) Harvard School of Medicine.
(d) Sewanee School of Medicine.

2. What radio horror show in the 1930s related the fictional story of a Dr. Alberts who created an immortal chicken heart that overcame the earth?
(a) Lights Out.
(b) Lost Souls.
(c) No Exit.
(d) Serendipity.

3. On what date did Henrietta Lacks first go to Johns Hopkins to have the knot in her womb examined?
(a) January 29, 1951.
(b) February 5, 1951.
(c) April 10, 1941.
(d) October 4, 1951.

4. How old was Henrietta Lacks when she became pregnant with her fifth child?
(a) 36.
(b) 33.
(c) 42.
(d) 29.

5. What image did Mary Kubicek describe to the author as having instilled in her the realization that Henrietta Lacks was "a real person" in Part Two: Death, Chapter 12?
(a) Chipped red toenail polish.
(b) Smeared lipstick.
(c) Henrietta's wedding ring.
(d) A pearl-encased locket.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the press officer at the NFIP that wrote to George Gey in 1953 to say that he intended to write a more detailed article about Henrietta Lacks once her name was revealed in the press?

2. What was Hector Henry's nickname that he introduced himself as to Rebecca Skloot in Part One: Life, Chapter 10?

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

4. What was the name of Henrietta Lacks's father?

5. Where was Henrietta Lacks born?

(see the answer key)

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