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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 Deborah took Rebecca Skloot to meet her brother Zakariyya, she reminded her that she should never make the mistake of calling him by what name?
(a) Jeremy.
(b) Joe.
(c) William.
(d) Jack.

2. What U.S. President created the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(d) Grover Cleveland.

3. How old was Deborah Lacks when Rebecca Skloot first called her to talk about her mother?
(a) Almost 60.
(b) Almost 40.
(c) Almost 50.
(d) Almost 30.

4. What was the nickname of Henrietta's cousin that tried to kill himself when he found out that Henrietta was marrying David?
(a) Crazy Joe.
(b) Wild Willy.
(c) Cootie.
(d) Jumpin' Joe.

5. Which of Henrietta Lacks's children did not attend her funeral or know she'd died, according to the author in Part Two: Death, Chapter 12?
(a) Elsie Lacks.
(b) Cliff Lacks.
(c) Fred Lacks.
(d) Lawrence Lacks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court rule on the case of Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty?

3. Who prayed with Deborah and brought her down from her manic state in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 35?

4. What sentence was Joe Lacks given for the second-degree murder of Eldridge Lee Ivy?

5. Who were the two British scientists that fused HeLa cells with mouse cells, creating the first human-animal hybrids?

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