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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Immortality – Chapters 33 - 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comparison did the researcher at Johns Hopkins make for a person's cells and their rights to a portion of the profits for those cells in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?
(a) He compared cells to sand.
(b) He compared cells to water.
(c) He compared cells to food.
(d) He compared cells to oil.

2. How did Deborah describe Cootie's death to Rebecca in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 38?
(a) He was killed in prison.
(b) He was hit by a car.
(c) He shot himself.
(d) He died from cancer.

3. When was the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act passed in the United States?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1999.

4. Where did Rebecca and Deborah go after leaving Crownsville to look for more medical records on Elsie in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 33?
(a) Annapolis.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Brooklyn.

5. What were the names of Deborah's grandsons who came along when Deborah took Rebecca Skloot to meet Zakariyya?
(a) Gerald and Paul.
(b) Alfred and Davon.
(c) Fred and Clarence.
(d) Joe and Jimmy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the cost for a vial of HeLa cells from the American Type Culture Collection at the time that The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks went to press?

2. Rebecca Skloot states in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 24 that a search of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database shows how many patents involving HeLa cells?

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

4. What term refers to the belief and practice which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population through selective reproduction?

5. On what date did Roland Pattillo organize the first annual HeLa Cancer Control Symposium?

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