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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Will You Turn Me out If I Can't Get Better?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Farber became fascinated with the links between bone marrow, vitamins and normal blood. Farber decided to use _____________ to treat children with leukemia.
(a) Chemotherapy.
(b) Vitamin D.
(c) Maple syrup.
(d) Folic acid.

2. Cancer returned to the media spotlight in every way, particularly through _______________.
(a) Magazines.
(b) Movies.
(c) Books.
(d) Television.

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

4. 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) A dizzy spell.
(d) Numbness.

5. _____________, an outsider in the community, was working with patients with a rare form of leukemia - choriocarcinoma - which involves the placenta in a pregnant woman.
(a) Hsin Chieh Lui.
(b) Min Chiu Li.
(c) Shin Wa Lee.
(d) Win Ming Lu.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 1968, there were noteworthy successes where?

3. Mary Woodward Lasker and her husband Albert Lasker began to do what?

4. A battle began between two schools of thought. What are these schools of thought?

5. This place was a space marked indelibly in the history of what?

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