1. Robert would eventually die but he and many other patients had survived past the ______________ period. At the time, this was an eternity.
(a) Six month.
(b) One year.
(c) Nine month.
(d) Two year.

2. The conference determined that lung cancer could be caused by what?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Practically anything.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Pollution.

3. The researchers met with Howard Skipper, a "_______________" who had been injecting rodents with leukemic cells.
(a) People's doctor.
(b) Children's doctor.
(c) Cat doctor.
(d) Mouse doctor.

4. __________ trial and error continued.
(a) No.
(b) A great deal of.
(c) Some.
(d) Very little.

5. Every battle needs its iconic battleground, and one physical place epitomized the cancer wars of the late _________.
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1950s.

Short Answer Questions

1. In _________ John Bennett, a Scottish physician, had described the case of a 28-year-old slate layer who complained of a mysterious swelling in his spleen.

2. One patient commented that she was tired of the ________________.

3. What was the problem with the type of oncologist described in number 77?

4. What is counting?

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

(see the answer key)

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