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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Alexis Carrel died while he was awaiting trial for what crime?
2. The first time that live human cells were ever shipped via the U.S. Postal Service was when George Gey mailed HeLa cells to whom?
3. On what date did Henrietta marry David Lacks?
4. Which of Henrietta Lacks's children did not attend her funeral or know she'd died, according to the author in Part Two: Death, Chapter 12?
5. When did the U.S.-led international war tribunal at Nuremberg sentence seven Nazi doctors to death for conducting unthinkable research on Jews without consent?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why were HeLa cells useful in the study of virology and research into diseases? Was the malignant nature of the cells a factor?
2. How is Henrietta Lacks's funeral described in Part Two: Death? Who attended Henrietta's funeral? Where was she buried?
3. What did Henrietta's doctors at Johns Hopkins find during her repeated visits in June of 1951?
4. Who established the first distribution center for HeLa cells? Where was it established?
5. What illness was contracted within the Lacks family after Henrietta's death? How were they affected by this illness?
6. What led to the trial against Southam and Mendel? What sentence did the men receive?
7. What was the objective for Dr. Richard TeLinde in using cancer cells and samples from Howard Jones in his research?
8. What were Mary Kubicek's impressions of HeLa cells when she first began observing them? What were George Gey's impressions of the cells?
9. What led up to Joe Lacks's imprisonment for second-degree murder?
10. What unethical actions were committed by virologist Chester Southam in his research with HeLa cells?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the impact of Henrietta's death on Zakariyya in the narrative. How did Zakariyya feel about George Gey? Why? What helped to change Zakariyya's impressions of the scientific community? How?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the impacts of HeLa cells on Deborah Lacks. What misinformation caused Deborah to become paranoid when working with author Rebecca Skloot? Were Deborah's fears justified? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the case of John Moore. What was the final outcome of Moore's lawsuit against UCLA and Dr. Golde? What precedents were set by this case? How does Moore's case relate to the Lackses'?
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