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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. 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?
(a) Cliff Lacks.
(b) Lawrence Lacks.
(c) Fred Lacks.
(d) Elsie Lacks.

2. What war was Lawrence Lacks drafted into after lying about his age to get into pool halls?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Afghanistan War.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) The Korean War.

3. Where did Rebecca Skloot travel to in order to meet David "Sonny" Lacks Jr. in Part One: Life, Chapter 9?
(a) Grover.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Baltimore.

4. What was the birth name of Henrietta Lacks's fifth child?
(a) Edgar Lacks.
(b) Joseph Lacks.
(c) David Lacks.
(d) Tommy Lacks.

5. What was listed as the official cause of Henrietta Lacks's death?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Grand mal seizure.
(c) Terminal uremia.
(d) Stroke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What image did Mary Kubicek describe to the author as having instilled in her the realization that Henrietta Lacks was "a real person" in Part Two: Death, Chapter 12?

2. How old did Roland Pattillo say that Henrietta Lacks's husband was now, when Rebecca Skloot first contacted him to discuss Henrietta?

3. Who was the director of "Negro Activities" for the Tuskegee Institute when the HeLa Distribution Center was developed?

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

5. When was Johns Hopkins Hospital founded?

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