1. Doctors began to associate _______________________ with various forms of cancer.
(a) Dirty jobs.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Soot.
(d) Tobacco and cigarettes.

2. In the shadow of Albert's death, Mary Lasker's cancer campaign took on a _______________ tone.
(a) Defeated.
(b) More dejected.
(c) More positive.
(d) More urgent and insistent.

3. What was the argument regarding chemotherapy?
(a) It is too dangerous.
(b) It is the only way.
(c) It cannot be the only way.
(d) It is painful.

4. In hypertrophy, the number of cells __________ change.
(a) Sometimes did.
(b) Rarely did.
(c) Did not.
(d) Did.

5. Who worked to keep cancer research out of trouble, and to do so he developed a consortium to keep doctors, scientists and health facilities from working at cross purposes?
(a) George Zumba.
(b) Gerry Zelwegger.
(c) Gordon Zubord.
(d) Gilbert Zweier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Albert Lasker was diagnosed with colon cancer and eventually died. Farber was also diagnosed with a type of colon cancer but survived. The more personal brushes with cancer did what?

2. Farber was determined to make people understand what?

3. __________ trial and error continued.

4. Cole believed that surgery was often what?

5. In 1969, the New York Times published an open letter to ___________________ begging him to support cancer research.

(see the answer key)

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