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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: An Impatient War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Farber's ____________" details the story of Robert Sandler, the two year old son of a Boston ship worker. The child fell mysteriously ill.
(a) Research.
(b) Gauntlet.
(c) Report.
(d) Institute.

2. Mukherjee updates Carla Reed's condition. What had happened so far?
(a) Carla was cured.
(b) Carla had passed away.
(c) Carla was in remission.
(d) Carla's cancer had returned.

3. Why does Mukherjee believe it is fortunate that Farber had not asked any of the pediatricians about creating an anti-leukemic drug?
(a) They would have told Farber they were already researching an anti-leukemia drug.
(b) They would have told Farber he was not experienced enough.
(c) They would have told Farber to involve them.
(d) They would have told Farber not to bother.

4. Mary Woodward Lasker and her husband Albert Lasker began to do what?
(a) Campaign for funds to fight cancer.
(b) Create laws against cancer research.
(c) Campaign against Farber.
(d) Lobby against cancer research.

5. In 1969, the New York Times published an open letter to ___________________ begging him to support cancer research.
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Jimmy Carter.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) Richard Nixon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ben Orman?

2. One tenet is that all bodies are made up of cells. A second tenet is that cells arise only from what?

3. One morning, Carla awoke with a bad headache which she described as __________________.The pains and other symptoms waxed and waned. Although Carla had seen a doctor, there was no solid diagnosis. Eventually, it was determined that Carla had leukemia.

4. William Stewart Halsted is known as the father of what?

5. Minot's research pertained mostly to ________________ anemia.

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