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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. When did Joe Lacks turn himself into the police for the murder of Eldridge Lee Ivy?
(a) February 5, 1951.
(b) September 29, 1970.
(c) August 20, 1972.
(d) October 4, 1969.

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

3. What nickname did Deborah Lacks have within her family?
(a) Dale.
(b) Liz.
(c) Debbie.
(d) Dottie.

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

5. Who was the curator at the Smithsonian Museum of American History that invited the Lacks family to an event at the museum?
(a) Terry Sharrer.
(b) Michael Rogers.
(c) Roland Pattillo.
(d) Walter Nelson-Rees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the doctor determine when Deborah saw him after her trip to clover in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 37?

2. How much blood did Henrietta's cousin Emmett and his friends donate when they heard Henrietta was in need of transfusions at the hospital?

3. What type of cancer had John Moore developed at the age of thirty-one?

4. On what date did Henrietta Lacks die?

5. What was listed as the official cause of Henrietta Lacks's death?

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