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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In 1976, a company named _____________ (Genetic Engineering Technology) was formed in San Francisco.
(a) Genenology.
(b) Gengology.
(c) Genetic Entech.
(d) Genentech.

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

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

5. For whom is the Pap smear named?
(a) Papanicolaou.
(b) Papanoumous.
(c) Papalous.
(d) Papua.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Geneticists needed to learn what?

4. By 1953, the average annual consumption of cigarettes had reached ________________ per person.

5. The ____________ theory developed by Varmus and Bishop provided the first comprehensive theory of carcinogenesis.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the author end the book with Germaine's story? Is this a good ending? Why or why not?

2. What is the role of a laboratory scientist? What type of people are suited for this work?

3. What are the similarities between AIDS and cancer? Is this important? Why or why not?

4. Why was the battle to attack pre-cancer versus full blown cancer significant?

5. How did the discovery of scrotal cancer help children?

6. What did Percival Pott notice? How is this significant?

7. What is the oncogene theory?

8. What is meant by a "Risky Prediction?"

9. Mukherjee discusses the successes of others in this story. Why does he credit the survival of patients to the work of those in the 1950s and 1960s?

10. Who was George Papanicolaou? How was his work important?

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