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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. What did the doctor determine when Deborah saw him after her trip to clover in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 37?

2. When was the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act passed in the United States?

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

4. Who was the cancer researcher at UCLA that removed John Moore's spleen?

5. Who is the molecular biologist that founded the Genetics and Public Policy Center at Johns Hopkins University?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Cousin Gary do in order to calm down Deborah in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 35?

2. What statement does Rebecca Skloot make about the legality of Johns Hopkins' actions in Henrietta's case in the Afterword?

3. What did Deborah discover during her visit to her doctor after she returned from her research travels with Rebecca Skloot in 2001?

4. How does the author describe the development of tissue research today? What are tissue samples used for?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did Bobbette Lacks respond when she discovered the history of HeLa cells?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the impact of the Nuremberg Trials on medicine, science, and research. What regulations and standards arose as a result of the Nuremberg Trials?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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