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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. 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) October 4, 1951.
(c) August 1, 1950.
(d) April 10, 1941.

2. 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) Elsie Lacks.
(c) Fred Lacks.
(d) Lawrence Lacks.

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

4. How old was Henrietta when she gave birth to her first child?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 17.

5. 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) William Scherer.
(b) Charles Bynum.
(c) Ronald H. Berg.
(d) Harry Eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What extra chromosome appears in individuals with Down syndrome?

2. What was the name of Henrietta Lacks's father?

3. Who discovered radium and its ability to destroy cancer cells?

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

5. Who was David and Henrietta's cousin that convinced David to look for work in the steel industry in Baltimore in 1941?

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