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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. Where was researcher Chester Southam the chief virologist in 1954 when he began injecting cancer patients with HeLa cells?
(a) The Johns Hopkins Center for Cancer Research.
(b) The MIT Center for Cancer Research.
(c) Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research.
(d) The Harvard School of Medicine Center for Cancer Research.

2. What did the doctor determine when Deborah saw him after her trip to clover in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 37?
(a) Her blood pressure and blood sugar were extremely high.
(b) She was schizophrenic.
(c) She had cervical cancer.
(d) She was epileptic and had suffered a concussion.

3. Who was the director of "Negro Activities" for the Tuskegee Institute when the HeLa Distribution Center was developed?
(a) Roland Pattillo.
(b) Michael Rogers.
(c) Charles Bynum.
(d) William Scherer.

4. In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court rule on the case of Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1962.

5. What realization did Deborah make when speaking with the researcher at Johns Hopkins in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?
(a) She realized that her mother's cells were not malignant.
(b) She realized that her mother did not die.
(c) She realized that all HeLa cells were cancerous.
(d) She realized that Rebecca Skloot was writing a book.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What date was inscribed to indicate when Henrietta's mother died on her tombstone?

4. For how long was Chester Southam's medical license suspended due to "fraud or deceit and unprofessional conduct in the practice of medicine" after he'd injected unknowing patients with cancer cells?

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?

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