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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 term refers to the belief and practice which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population through selective reproduction?
(a) Virology.
(b) Eugenics.
(c) Necromancy.
(d) Ebonics.

2. When did the U.S.-led international war tribunal at Nuremberg sentence seven Nazi doctors to death for conducting unthinkable research on Jews without consent?
(a) August 20, 1947.
(b) February 5, 1951.
(c) January 29, 1951.
(d) April 10, 1941.

3. How old was Deborah Lacks when Rebecca Skloot first called her to talk about her mother?
(a) Almost 40.
(b) Almost 30.
(c) Almost 50.
(d) Almost 60.

4. How old was Henrietta Lacks's epileptic daughter when she died?
(a) 15.
(b) 19.
(c) 12.
(d) 32.

5. When did Alexis Carrel grow an "immortal chicken heart"?
(a) January 17, 1912.
(b) January 29, 1951.
(c) April 10, 1926.
(d) August 1, 1920.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the population of Clover, Virginia, in 1998?

3. Where did Rebecca Skloot travel to in order to meet David "Sonny" Lacks Jr. in Part One: Life, Chapter 9?

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

5. What did the researcher at Johns Hopkins give to Deborah as she departed in the end of Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?

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