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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Death – Chapters 12 - 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Lawrence when he an Bobbette moved in together?
(a) 19.
(b) 18.
(c) 30.
(d) 24.

2. Who was the press officer at the NFIP that wrote to George Gey in 1953 to say that he intended to write a more detailed article about Henrietta Lacks once her name was revealed in the press?
(a) Harry Eagle.
(b) Charles Bynum.
(c) William Scherer.
(d) Ronald H. Berg.

3. What radio horror show in the 1930s related the fictional story of a Dr. Alberts who created an immortal chicken heart that overcame the earth?
(a) Lost Souls.
(b) Lights Out.
(c) Serendipity.
(d) No Exit.

4. Who dug Henrietta's grave in Clover?
(a) Johnny and Cootie.
(b) Fred and Cliff.
(c) Walter and Jimmy.
(d) Tommy and David.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Henrietta Lacks's children did not attend her funeral or know she'd died, according to the author in Part Two: Death, Chapter 12?

2. Who was the gynecologist that examined Henrietta Lacks when she first went to Johns Hopkins Hospital to have the knot in her womb seen?

3. What was the nickname of Henrietta's cousin that tried to kill himself when he found out that Henrietta was marrying David?

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

5. When did Alexis Carrel grow an "immortal chicken heart"?

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