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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. What researcher at the NIH used HeLa cells to develop the first standardized culture medium that could be made by the gallon and shipped ready to use?
(a) Roland Pattillo.
(b) Roland Pattillo.
(c) Charles Bynum.
(d) Harry Eagle.

2. How much blood did Henrietta's cousin Emmett and his friends donate when they heard Henrietta was in need of transfusions at the hospital?
(a) 5 pints.
(b) 10 pints.
(c) 8 pints.
(d) 2 pints.

3. The first time that live human cells were ever shipped via the U.S. Postal Service was when George Gey mailed HeLa cells to whom?
(a) Michael Rogers.
(b) Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde.
(c) Dr. Howard Jones.
(d) William Scherer.

4. Who was David and Henrietta's cousin that convinced David to look for work in the steel industry in Baltimore in 1941?
(a) Tommy Lacks.
(b) Johnny Pleasant.
(c) Fred Garret.
(d) Joseph Lacks.

5. On what date did Henrietta marry David Lacks?
(a) April 10, 1941.
(b) October 4, 1951.
(c) January 29, 1945.
(d) February 5, 1951.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is described in Part Two: Death, Chapter 13 as "an essential part of science"?

3. What was the birth name of Henrietta Lacks's fifth child?

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

5. When was Alexis Carrel awarded the Nobel Prize for his blood-vessel-suturing technique?

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