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

2. When was Henrietta Lacks born?
(a) January 17, 1919.
(b) October 4, 1925.
(c) August 1, 1920.
(d) April 10, 1941.

3. What illness did Hector Henry suffer from during his childhood?
(a) Polio.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Leukemia.
(d) Epilepsy.

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

5. What date was inscribed to indicate when Henrietta's mother died on her tombstone?
(a) January 17, 1912.
(b) October 28, 1924.
(c) April 10, 1941.
(d) August 1, 1920.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the business partners that owned Microbiological Associates in the 1950s?

2. 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?

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. How many chromosomes are contained in a human cell?

5. 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?

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