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

2. How many points compose the code of ethics known as the Nuremberg Code?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

3. What were the names of Deborah's grandsons who came along when Deborah took Rebecca Skloot to meet Zakariyya?
(a) Alfred and Davon.
(b) Gerald and Paul.
(c) Fred and Clarence.
(d) Joe and Jimmy.

4. On what date did Henrietta Lacks die?
(a) February 5, 1951.
(b) January 29, 1951.
(c) April 10, 1941.
(d) October 4, 1951.

5. Who was the researcher at Johns Hopkins who showed Deborah her mother's cells?
(a) Roland Pattillo.
(b) Christoph Lengauer.
(c) Dr. Howard Jones.
(d) Walter Nelson-Rees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Roland Pattillo grow up?

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

3. Who wrote the 1976 Rolling Stone article about the Lackses?

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. How old was Alexis Carrel when he invented the first technique for suturing blood vessels together?

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