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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. 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?
(a) Terry Sharrer.
(b) Dr. Howard Jones.
(c) George Gey.
(d) Christoph Lengauer.

2. What type of cancer had John Moore developed at the age of thirty-one?
(a) Burkitt Lymphoma.
(b) Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
(c) Hairy-cell leukemia.
(d) Basal Cell Carcinoma.

3. On what date did Rebecca Skloot finally meet face-to-face with Deborah Lacks for the first time?
(a) July 9, 2000.
(b) January 3, 2002.
(c) October 11, 1996.
(d) August 1, 2001.

4. When was the Human Genome Project declared complete?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2003.

5. What gift did Deborah give to Zakariyya when she took Rebecca to meet him in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 30?
(a) A Bible.
(b) The rendering of a HeLa cell.
(c) A check for $1,000.
(d) A plaque with their mother's name on it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the cancer researcher at UCLA that removed John Moore's spleen?

2. What color were the HeLa cells tinted that Deborah observed at Johns Hopkins in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?

3. How old was Henrietta Lacks when she became pregnant with her fifth child?

4. The author states in the book that by the time Keenan Kester Cofield contacted the Lacks family, he was already banned from filing lawsuits in how many countries?

5. In what year did Deborah Lacks separate from her husband and move into an assisted-living apartment of her own, according to the author in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 38?

(see the answer key)

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