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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. What was the name of Deborah Lacks's first child?
(a) Harry Eagle.
(b) Fred Garret.
(c) Alfred Carter.
(d) Henry Harris.

2. Who was the young Johns Hopkins researcher that sent a gift to Deborah Lacks by way of Rebecca Skloot when Rebecca met Deborah for the first time?
(a) George Gey.
(b) Terry Sharrer.
(c) Christoph Lengauer.
(d) Dr. Howard Jones.

3. Who came with Deborah to Johns Hopkins to see Henrietta Lacks's cells?
(a) Cootie.
(b) Zakariyya.
(c) Cliff.
(d) Sadie.

4. When were HeLa cells fused with mouse cells to create the first animal-human hybrid cells?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1972.

5. Who was the curator at the Smithsonian Museum of American History that invited the Lacks family to an event at the museum?
(a) Roland Pattillo.
(b) Michael Rogers.
(c) Terry Sharrer.
(d) Walter Nelson-Rees.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old did Roland Pattillo say that Henrietta Lacks's husband was now, when Rebecca Skloot first contacted him to discuss Henrietta?

2. The researcher at Johns Hopkins that showed Deborah her mother's cells explained to her that Henrietta's cancer developed due to what virus?

3. Of whom did Zakariyya say "Livin' with that abusive crazy woman was worse than livin' in prison" in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 30?

4. Who was the researcher at Johns Hopkins who showed Deborah her mother's cells?

5. On what date did Joe Lacks murder Eldridge Lee Ivy?

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