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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the cell line that was developed and marketed using John Moore's cells?
(a) 243.
(b) N1.
(c) JoMo.
(d) Mo.

2. Who prayed with Deborah and brought her down from her manic state in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 35?
(a) Phil.
(b) Gary.
(c) Cootie.
(d) Cliff.

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

4. What gift did Deborah give to Zakariyya when she took Rebecca to meet him in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 30?
(a) A check for $1,000.
(b) The rendering of a HeLa cell.
(c) A plaque with their mother's name on it.
(d) A Bible.

5. Where did Rebecca and Deborah go after leaving Crownsville to look for more medical records on Elsie in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 33?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Annapolis.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Baltimore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the death of David Lacks?

2. In what year did members of the Native American Havasupai Tribe sue Arizona State University for using tissue samples from the tribe to study schizophrenia and inbreeding?

3. How much money did the NIH invest in 2009 to develop a bank for the samples taken from newborns nationwide in the U.S.?

4. Why did Paul Lurz say that the earlier records from Crownville Hospital Center had been destroyed?

5. On what date did Roland Pattillo organize the first annual HeLa Cancer Control Symposium?

Short Essay Questions

1. What legal issues arose for the Lacks descendants in 2013? How were these issues resolved?

2. What legal options does Rebecca Skloot describe for the Lacks family in the Afterword?

3. What agreement was made between Rebecca Skloot and Deborah Lacks regarding compensation for the publication of the book?

4. How were Deborah and Zakariyya affected by their meeting with Christoph Lengauer at Johns Hopkins?

5. What are the two main points of controversy regarding tissue research, according to the author in the Afterword?

6. How did the members of the Lacks family respond to the new found fame they received on Henrietta's behalf in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 28?

7. How did Deborah's behavior change after her visit to Crownsville with Rebecca?

8. How does the author describe her meeting with Zakariyya in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 30?

9. What caused Deborah Lacks anxiety after her blood sample was collected by Johns Hopkins in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 23?

10. How does the author describe John Moore's illness in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 25? When did Moore first get sick?

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