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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. Eventually, a panel was formed to investigate the possibility of creating what focused on battling cancer?
(a) A government agency.
(b) A private organization.
(c) A public hospital.
(d) A panel of scientists and doctors.

2. 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.
(a) Numbness.
(b) A dizzy spell.
(c) A dull ache.
(d) Shooting pain.

3. Although Farber was the chief pathologist at Children's Hospital, how had he become tired of his work?
(a) He was tired of working with young children.
(b) He worked with the dead and was tired of the medical field.
(c) He worked with only older children and wanted to spend more time studying cancer in younger children.
(d) He worked with the dead and never treated a live patient.

4. The parcel Farber was expecting contained aminopterin, a __________ crystalline chemical that Farber hoped could be used in deterring the growth of childhood leukemia.
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

5. 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 he was not experienced enough.
(b) They would have told Farber they were already researching an anti-leukemia drug.
(c) They would have told Farber not to bother.
(d) They would have told Farber to involve them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1968, there were noteworthy successes where?

2. Mukherjee updates Carla Reed's condition. What had happened so far?

3. According to Bennett the blood had spoiled. Bennett referred to this as a ___________ of blood.

4. Virchow began to notice uncontrolled growth of cells. Virchow referred to this as _____________ or distorted growth.

5. Mukherjee was one of ____________ cancer fellows at the hospital involved in an immersive training program. Mukherjee describes the immersive training program as being so intensive that nothing outside of the hospital exists for the trainees. Residents eat, sleep and breathe medicine.

(see the answer key)

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