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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. Who was the Harvard anesthesiologist that published a study in the New England Journal of Medicine showing that Chester Southam's cancer research was just one of hundreds of similarly unethical cases?
(a) Henry Beecher.
(b) Michael Rogers.
(c) Harry Eagle.
(d) Emanuel Mandel.

2. What best-selling book did Alexis Carrel publish that criticized an "error" in the U.S. Constitution of equality for all people?
(a) Lights Out.
(b) An Error of Cells.
(c) Man and Superman.
(d) Man, the Unknown.

3. On what date did Rebecca Skloot meet Deborah in order to see Henrietta Lacks's cells?
(a) October 11, 1996.
(b) June 30, 2002.
(c) May 11, 2001.
(d) July 9, 2000.

4. Who was the BBC producer that began making a documentary about the Lacks family in the 1990s?
(a) Charles Bynum.
(b) Walter Nelson-Rees.
(c) Alfred Carter.
(d) Adam Curtis.

5. What was Hector Henry's nickname that he introduced himself as to Rebecca Skloot in Part One: Life, Chapter 10?
(a) Joe.
(b) Cootie.
(c) Tommy.
(d) Cliff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Deborah Lacks's first child?

2. What nickname did Deborah Lacks have within her family?

3. What does "ATCC" stand for in reference to the federal cell bank established by Lewis Coriell and others?

4. What discovery did the researchers make after sending HeLa cells into space in the 1960s?

5. What gift did Deborah give to Zakariyya when she took Rebecca to meet him in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 30?

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