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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 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?
(a) $256.
(b) $455.
(c) $325.
(d) $19.

2. When did George Papanicolaou publish a paper describing what is now known as the "Pap smear"?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1941.

3. Who were the business partners that owned Microbiological Associates in the 1950s?
(a) Samuel Reader and Monroe Vincent.
(b) Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde and George Gey.
(c) Charles Bynum and William Scherer.
(d) Harry Eagle and Fred Garret.

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) Brooklyn.
(b) Annapolis.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) Cleveland.

5. Who told Michael Rogers that Henrietta Lacks was actually the name of the patient whose cells became known as HeLa cells?
(a) Walter Nelson-Rees.
(b) Dr. Howard Jones.
(c) Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde.
(d) Roland Pattillo.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Washington Post article dated that was titled "Overcrowded Hospital 'Loses' Curable Patients" and given to Rebecca to read at Crownville Hospital Center?

2. How many points compose the code of ethics known as the Nuremberg Code?

3. Who coerced Deborah to continue at an all-girls' school after she became pregnant with her first child?

4. Who was the young Johns Hopkins researcher that sent a gift to Deborah Lacks by way of Rebecca Skloot when Rebecca met Deborah for the first time?

5. What disease nearly killed Henrietta's youngest son Joe not long after her death?

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