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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Deborah Lacks's daughter?
(a) Ethel.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Tonya.
(d) Sadie.

2. Who was the renowned geneticist that founded the world's first human genetics department at Johns Hopkins?
(a) George Gey.
(b) Charles Bynum.
(c) William Scherer.
(d) Victor McKusick.

3. What example does the author give in the Afterword of a corporation that pays the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Duke University Medical Center and others undisclosed amounts of money for exclusive access to tissues collected from their patients?
(a) Pfizer.
(b) GlaxoSmithKline.
(c) Ardais.
(d) Novartis.

4. How many years in prison did Zakariyya serve of his sentence before he was released for his second-degree murder conviction?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 12 years.

5. On what date did Rebecca Skloot finally meet face-to-face with Deborah Lacks for the first time?
(a) January 3, 2002.
(b) October 11, 1996.
(c) August 1, 2001.
(d) July 9, 2000.

6. Who did a fireman say saved Deborah's life by slapping her to keep her awake after she'd had a stroke in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 37?
(a) Davon.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Cootie.
(d) Cliff.

7. What realization did Deborah make when speaking with the researcher at Johns Hopkins in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?
(a) She realized that her mother's cells were not malignant.
(b) She realized that her mother did not die.
(c) She realized that all HeLa cells were cancerous.
(d) She realized that Rebecca Skloot was writing a book.

8. What are the three core principles that are identified in the Belmont Report?
(a) Freedom of speech, expression, and self-hood.
(b) Respect for persons, beneficence, and justice.
(c) Medical ethics, law, and science.
(d) Tissues, cells, and blood.

9. What organization created the Belmont Report?
(a) The World Health Organization.
(b) The National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research.
(c) The Nelson-Rees Publishing Company.
(d) The National Foundation for Cancer Research.

10. Who is described in the Afterword as "the Nobel Prize-winning researcher who used Ted Slavin's antibodies for hepatitis B research"?
(a) Christoph Lengauer.
(b) Howard Jones.
(c) Baruch Blumberg.
(d) Judith Greenburg.

11. Where was Barbara Wyche working as a sociologist when she wrote to Congress demanding recognition for Henrietta Lacks's contribution to science?
(a) Louisiana State University.
(b) Howard University.
(c) Morgan State University.
(d) Rutgers University.

12. Who is the director of the Division of Genetics and Developmental Biology at the National Institute of General Medical Science that is quoted in the Afterword?
(a) Baruch Blumberg.
(b) Roland Pattillo.
(c) Judith Greenburg.
(d) Christoph Lengauer.

13. Why did Paul Lurz say that the earlier records from Crownville Hospital Center had been destroyed?
(a) Due to a building fire.
(b) Due to corruption.
(c) Due to flooding.
(d) Due to asbestos contamination.

14. What did the researcher at Johns Hopkins give to Deborah as she departed in the end of Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?
(a) A book about HeLa cells.
(b) His cell phone number.
(c) An autographed picture.
(d) A vial of HeLa cells.

15. What had Deborah's son been arrested for when she called Rebecca Skloot sobbing at the end of Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 31?
(a) Rape.
(b) Arson.
(c) Robbery.
(d) Murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What DNA testing company is described by the author in the Afterword as only providing customers with genealogical information "if they first sign a form granting permission for their samples to be stored for future research"?

2. Who was the founder of the biomedical ethics center at the University of Iowa?

3. Of whom did Zakariyya say "Livin' with that abusive crazy woman was worse than livin' in prison" in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 30?

4. What comparison did the researcher at Johns Hopkins make for a person's cells and their rights to a portion of the profits for those cells in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?

5. What was the name of the cell line that was developed and marketed using John Moore's cells?

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