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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Death – Chapters 17 - 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Henrietta Lacks's epileptic daughter when she died?
(a) 32.
(b) 19.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

2. The author says in Part Two: Death, Chapter 13 that George Gey took HeLa cells with him to the Far East in 1953 in order to study what disease?
(a) Gonorrhea.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Hemorrhagic fever.
(d) Syphilis.

3. Where did Chester Southam advertise for medical research volunteers in May of 1956?
(a) Sing Sing Prison newsletter.
(b) The New York Times classifieds.
(c) The Ohio State Penitentiary newsletter.
(d) Rutgers University newsletter.

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

5. Who was David and Henrietta's cousin that convinced David to look for work in the steel industry in Baltimore in 1941?
(a) Tommy Lacks.
(b) Joseph Lacks.
(c) Fred Garret.
(d) Johnny Pleasant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the central reason that the HeLa factory was developed?

2. Who were the two British scientists that fused HeLa cells with mouse cells, creating the first human-animal hybrids?

3. What does "ATCC" stand for in reference to the federal cell bank established by Lewis Coriell and others?

4. For how long was Chester Southam's medical license suspended due to "fraud or deceit and unprofessional conduct in the practice of medicine" after he'd injected unknowing patients with cancer cells?

5. Who dug Henrietta's grave in Clover?

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