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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. Pott believed that because ________________, that it could be prevented.
(a) The condition was on the scrotum.
(b) The condition was found in young men.
(c) The condition was external in nature.
(d) The condition was small and localized.

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

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

4. 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) 1986.
(d) 1966.

5. Phyllis Clauson said she felt that the world needed to know what?
(a) Gustafson was a real person.
(b) Gustafson was still alive and that the treatment all those years ago had been successful.
(c) People could live with cancer.
(d) Gustafson had never had cancer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Mukherjee end the book?

4. "Part 6: The Fruits of Long Endeavors" begins with a quote by whom?

5. Doctors began to associate _______________________ with various forms of cancer.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Einar Gustafson? How is this significant?

2. How does Carla say she survived? Is this valid? Why or why not?

3. What are two reasons why studies into the connection between lung cancer and tobacco were inconclusive?

4. Who were epidemiologists?

5. What is the oncogene theory?

6. What was STAMP? How did this bring hope to those who suffered from cancer?

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

8. What is the role of a clinician? What type of people are suited for this work?

9. What is the significance of the SRC gene?

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

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