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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. Who was the director of "Negro Activities" for the Tuskegee Institute when the HeLa Distribution Center was developed?
(a) Roland Pattillo.
(b) Charles Bynum.
(c) Michael Rogers.
(d) William Scherer.

2. What was the name of Henrietta Lacks's father?
(a) David Lacks.
(b) William Lacks.
(c) Johnny Pleasant.
(d) Tommy Lacks.

3. Who was Ethel's husband that sexually abused Deborah Lacks when she was a child?
(a) Cootie.
(b) Joe.
(c) Galen.
(d) Cliff.

4. On what date did the gynecologist from Johns Hopkins Hospital call and inform Henrietta Lacks that she had a malignant tumor?
(a) February 5, 1951.
(b) August 1, 1950.
(c) October 4, 1951.
(d) April 10, 1941.

5. What disease nearly killed Henrietta's youngest son Joe not long after her death?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Polio.
(d) Pneumonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many chromosomes are contained in a human cell?

2. What was the central reason that the HeLa factory was developed?

3. 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?

4. Alexis Carrel died while he was awaiting trial for what crime?

5. Where did Henrietta live with her grandfather growing up after her mother died?

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