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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Part 4: Prevention Is the Cure" begins with a quote from who?
(a) Sidney Farber.
(b) Percival Pott.
(c) David Cantor.
(d) Siddhartha Mukherjee.

2. At the clinic they would run clinical trials and focus on what?
(a) Getting clear test results.
(b) The day to day care of patients.
(c) Laboratory experiments.
(d) The rate of survival from cancer.

3. In _________, Percival Pott began to notice a shocking increase in the number of patients that suffered from scrotal cancer.
(a) 1665.
(b) 1775.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1995.

4. Scientists begin to analyze genes that were altered in mutant viruses and attempted to isolate what?
(a) The mutant virus.
(b) The gene of the healthy cell.
(c) The DNA of the virus.
(d) The gene in the virus.

5. 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) Because of his research.
(d) Homeopathic medicine.

6. In 1942, UK statisticians approached the Ministry of Health with the shocking news that cancer morbidity had risen ______ fold in the past 20 years.
(a) 20.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

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

8. Why did Cummings decided to meet with Gustafson?
(a) Gustafson insisted.
(b) Phyllis gave details that were not known to the general public.
(c) The organization needed some positive energy.
(d) Cummings had nothing else planned.

9. Originally, doctors dismissed the cancer. Why?
(a) They assumed it was a hereditary disease.
(b) They assumed that it was a simple cancer to cure.
(c) They assumed that it was simply a sexually transmitted disease.
(d) They did not care about the lives of the poor.

10. It was ________ years later when Einar Gustafson returned to Children's Hospital to a full fanfare.
(a) 40.
(b) 20.
(c) 50.
(d) 30.

11. Phyllis Clauson writes to the Jimmy Fund about her brother, ____________, the real "Jimmy."
(a) Jimmy Gustafson.
(b) Jimmy John.
(c) Einar Gustafson.
(d) James Gustafson.

12. The mouse embodied what?
(a) The knowledge of scientists at that time.
(b) All of the above.
(c) The exact DNA of a human.
(d) The maturity of cancer genetics.

13. By 1953, the average annual consumption of cigarettes had reached ________________ per person.
(a) Thirty-five hundred.
(b) Three hundred.
(c) Thirty-five.
(d) Five hundred.

14. Did those two oncogenes perform as expected?
(a) No.
(b) Somewhat.
(c) Almost.
(d) Yes.

15. This time a significant link was found. Lobbies began to appear to do what?
(a) Ban smoking in public places.
(b) Put filters on cigarettes and to ban TV ads for the product.
(c) Ban cigarette sales altogether.
(d) Destroy the cigarette companies.

Short Answer Questions

1. The choice between the two paths is ______________.

2. Mukherjee goes on to discuss the parallels between various types of cancers despite what?

3. In Spring 2005, Mukherjee had to make a decision. What was this decision?

4. The Ministry asked the Medical Research Council to arrange a conference of experts to study the rise of lung cancer. How were the results?

5. How was this letter first seen?

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