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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. 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) Jack.
(b) Joe.
(c) Jeremy.
(d) William.

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

3. What gift did Deborah give to Zakariyya when she took Rebecca to meet him in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 30?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A check for $1,000.
(c) A plaque with their mother's name on it.
(d) The rendering of a HeLa cell.

4. Who was the president of the Henrietta Lacks Health History Museum Foundation, Inc., that was established in Turner Station?
(a) Joseph Lacks.
(b) Michael Rogers.
(c) Roland Pattillo.
(d) Courtney Speed.

5. Who were the two British scientists that fused HeLa cells with mouse cells, creating the first human-animal hybrids?
(a) Alexis Carrel and Jonas Salk.
(b) Henry Harris and John Watkins.
(c) Roland Pattillo and Michael Rogers.
(d) Marie and Pierre Curie.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. The author states in the book that by the time Keenan Kester Cofield contacted the Lacks family, he was already banned from filing lawsuits in how many countries?

5. What illness did Hector Henry suffer from during his childhood?

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