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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Immortality – Chapters 23 - 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Bobbette Lacks discover the truth about HeLa cells and their connection to Henrietta Lacks?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1980.

2. How old was Deborah Lacks when the researchers from Johns Hopkins came to draw blood for DNA analysis of Henrietta's husband and children?
(a) 24.
(b) 19.
(c) 26.
(d) 30.

3. The author says in Part Two: Death, Chapter 13 that George Gey took HeLa cells with him to the Far East in 1953 in order to study what disease?
(a) Gonorrhea.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Hemorrhagic fever.
(d) Syphilis.

4. How old was Henrietta Lacks when she became pregnant with her fifth child?
(a) 33.
(b) 29.
(c) 36.
(d) 42.

5. When was the Human Genome Project begun?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1996.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first publication to name the woman behind the HeLa cells in 1953?

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

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

4. Cervical carcinomas are divided into two types. What are these types?

5. How did Joe Lacks murder Eldridge Lee Ivy?

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