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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ____________ theory developed by Varmus and Bishop provided the first comprehensive theory of carcinogenesis.
(a) Oncogene.
(b) Cancergene.
(c) Sarcogene.
(d) Carcinogene.

2. To whom does the author say victories in cancer research belong?
(a) The researchers of today.
(b) The researchers of the 19th century.
(c) The researchers of the fifties and sixties.
(d) The patients.

3. In 1870, the per capita consumption in America was ________________ per year.
(a) One cigarette.
(b) Less than one cigarette.
(c) Ten cigarettes.
(d) Five cigarettes.

4. Secretly, Mukherjee believed that the book would end with Carla's death. Was he right?
(a) No.
(b) Somewhat, because she was on life support.
(c) Almost.
(d) Yes.

5. In ___________, the quest for the cure for cancer through the study of cancer biology underwent a drastic reorganization. Scientists returned to studying genes.
(a) 1996.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1986.

6. Kennedy assigned the job to whom?
(a) The Secretary of the Interior.
(b) The GOP.
(c) The Vice President.
(d) The Surgeon General.

7. The discovery of scrotal cancer helped to promote what?
(a) Protective breathing apparatus.
(b) Unions.
(c) Child labor laws.
(d) Public health.

8. How does Mukherjee end the book?
(a) With Farber's cancer story.
(b) With a tale of Gemaine.
(c) With Carla's story.
(d) With the tale of Atossa.

9. By 1993, Slamon's early phase clinical trials had become a hot topic among ____________ cancer patients.
(a) Cervical.
(b) Brain.
(c) Testicular.
(d) Breast.

10. Mukherjee goes on to discuss the parallels between various types of cancers despite what?
(a) The fact that the genetics between subjects were often very different.
(b) The fact that the genetics between subjects were often very similar.
(c) The fact that these various types of cancers have very little in common.
(d) All of the above.

11. A "Risky prediction" is a term coined by who?
(a) Sidney Farber.
(b) Karl Popper.
(c) Percival Pott.
(d) Siddhartha Mukherjee.

12. The remaining people did what?
(a) Ran clinical trials.
(b) Went to work in the lab.
(c) Focus on the day to day care of patients.
(d) Study the rate of survival from cancer.

13. Who is the person who is the answer to number 179?
(a) A man who had studied cancer and then got it himself.
(b) A woman diagnosed with cancer, one who fought every one of cancer's moves until cancer finally won.
(c) A woman who survived leukemia.
(d) A woman who had surgery to remove cancer.

14. Rather than initiating his studies with cancer in its full-blown form, Auerbach has tried to understand what?
(a) The history of cancer.
(b) Cancer in its early stages.
(c) The genesis of cancer.
(d) Cancer in animals.

15. Mukherjee visited Carla to check in on her. He asked how she survived. What was her response?
(a) There was no choice.
(b) Constant prayer.
(c) Homeopathic medicine.
(d) Because of his research.

Short Answer Questions

1. In _________, Percival Pott began to notice a shocking increase in the number of patients that suffered from scrotal cancer.

2. What question arose from the study of these two genes?

3. It was ________ years later when Einar Gustafson returned to Children's Hospital to a full fanfare.

4. The author compares the cure for cancer to the story of whom?

5. _____________. of the seven people in Mukherjee's group continued at the clinic.

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