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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. How much money did David Lacks receive as settlement from a class-action lawsuit against a boiler manufacturer at Bethlehem Steel?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $12,000.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $23,000.

2. Who was the preacher that led Rebecca Skloot to Speed's Grocery in Part One: Life, Chapter 9?
(a) Reverend Wilson.
(b) Reverend Thompson.
(c) Reverend Elmer.
(d) Reverend Jackson.

3. What did the bathroom graffiti in the medical school restroom say that first inspired Michael Rogers to learn about HeLa cells and their background?
(a) Who is HeLa?
(b) I am HeLa!
(c) The Way of HeLa!
(d) Helen Lane Lives!

4. On what date did Rebecca Skloot meet Deborah in order to see Henrietta Lacks's cells?
(a) July 9, 2000.
(b) October 11, 1996.
(c) June 30, 2002.
(d) May 11, 2001.

5. On what date did Joe Lacks murder Eldridge Lee Ivy?
(a) October 4, 1969.
(b) January 29, 1972.
(c) October 4, 1951.
(d) September 15, 1970.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Deborah describe Cootie's death to Rebecca in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 38?

2. What was the first publication to name the woman behind the HeLa cells in 1953?

3. Where was Roland Pattillo working as a professor of gynecology when Rebecca Skloot first contacted him regarding Henrietta Lacks?

4. What did Joe Lacks change his name to after he converted to Islam in prison?

5. What was the population at the asylum of Crownsville Hospital when Elsie died in 1955?

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