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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is STAMP?
(a) Simulated Test and Analysis for Mammograms and Paps.
(b) Special Tumor Analysis Marrow Properties.
(c) Solid Tumor Autologous Marrow Program.
(d) Spongey Tumor Automated Mammogram Program.

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

3. Mukherjee discusses how cell division is central to what?
(a) The development of cancer.
(b) Every part of our biology.
(c) Some cell growth.
(d) The destruction of cancer.

4. One of the most difficult forms of cancer to treat is what?
(a) Chronic leukemia.
(b) Myelogenous leukemia.
(c) Acute promyelocytic leukemia.
(d) Chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

5. Einar produced the __________ uniform he had been given and had worn to every treatment.
(a) Knicks.
(b) Pacers.
(c) Braves.
(d) Mets.

6. What question arose from the study of these two genes?
(a) What other types of genes can cause cancer?
(b) What are other causes of cancer?
(c) If two of these types of genes were not sufficient to create cancer, how many would it take?
(d) Why do people still get cancer?

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

8. The author discusses lab work, theories, experiments and the potential ____________ causes related to cancer.
(a) Environmental.
(b) Genetic.
(c) Minor.
(d) Major.

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

10. How was Carla at this time?
(a) The cancer had come back.
(b) She was on life support.
(c) She still had cancer.
(d) Still in remission.

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

12. The ____________________ refers to something that moves incessantly but never gets anywhere.
(a) Queen Bee Syndrome.
(b) Black Queen Syndrome.
(c) Queen of Hearts Syndrome.
(d) Red Queen Syndrome.

13. The Ministry asked the Medical Research Council to arrange a conference of experts to study the rise of lung cancer. How were the results?
(a) Somewhat conclusive.
(b) Conclusive.
(c) Very conclusive.
(d) Mixed and not even remotely conclusive.

14. In Spring 2005, Mukherjee had to make a decision. What was this decision?
(a) To continue working in cancer research or become a surgeon.
(b) To work as a pediatrician or a clinician.
(c) To work as a clinician or a laboratory scientist.
(d) To work with children or animals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Geneticists needed to learn what?

2. The trend also raised questions regarding what?

3. When was this cancer discovered?

4. "Part 4: Prevention Is the Cure" begins with a quote from who?

5. How does Mukherjee end the book?

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