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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. Orman had cancer where?
(a) In his bicep.
(b) In his lymph nodes.
(c) In his tibia.
(d) In his spleen.

2. The first VAMP trial was launched in ___________. The results were abysmal. Refinements showed progress and even success. However, the cost was quite high for the young patients.
(a) 1981.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1971.

3. According to Bennett the blood had spoiled. Bennett referred to this as a ___________ of blood.
(a) Suppurative.
(b) Suppuration.
(c) Supperannuation.
(d) Superarray.

4. Farber knew that in order to launch a national attack on cancer he would have to form what?
(a) A scientific organization.
(b) A political party.
(c) A society.
(d) A government committee.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. MOPP caused what?

2. The cancers being matched to the drugs included breast cancer, ovarian cancer, lung cancer and ________________.

3. The researchers met with Howard Skipper, a "_______________" who had been injecting rodents with leukemic cells.

4. _____________, an outsider in the community, was working with patients with a rare form of leukemia - choriocarcinoma - which involves the placenta in a pregnant woman.

5. In hypertrophy, the number of cells __________ change.

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