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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Immortality – Chapters 28 - 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The researcher at Johns Hopkins that showed Deborah her mother's cells explained to her that Henrietta's cancer developed due to what virus?
(a) Abaca mosiac virus.
(b) Campoletis aprilis ichnovirus.
(c) Abelson murine leukemia virus.
(d) Human papillomavirus.

2. How did Joe Lacks murder Eldridge Lee Ivy?
(a) He strangled him.
(b) He shot him.
(c) He hit him in his car.
(d) He stabbed him.

3. What comparison did the researcher at Johns Hopkins make for a person's cells and their rights to a portion of the profits for those cells in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?
(a) He compared cells to water.
(b) He compared cells to sand.
(c) He compared cells to oil.
(d) He compared cells to food.

4. For how long was Chester Southam's medical license suspended due to "fraud or deceit and unprofessional conduct in the practice of medicine" after he'd injected unknowing patients with cancer cells?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 5 years.

5. When Deborah took Rebecca Skloot to meet her brother Zakariyya, she reminded her that she should never make the mistake of calling him by what name?
(a) Joe.
(b) William.
(c) Jeremy.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many points compose the code of ethics known as the Nuremberg Code?

2. On what date did Roland Pattillo organize the first annual HeLa Cancer Control Symposium?

3. What sentence was Joe Lacks given for the second-degree murder of Eldridge Lee Ivy?

4. Who were the two British scientists that fused HeLa cells with mouse cells, creating the first human-animal hybrids?

5. How old was Deborah Lacks when she became pregnant with her first child?

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