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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Life - Chapters 6 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Alexis Carrel grow an "immortal chicken heart"?
(a) April 10, 1926.
(b) January 17, 1912.
(c) August 1, 1920.
(d) January 29, 1951.

2. What was the population of Clover, Virginia, in 1998?
(a) 269.
(b) 79.
(c) 307.
(d) 198.

3. On what date did Henrietta Lacks first go to Johns Hopkins to have the knot in her womb examined?
(a) April 10, 1941.
(b) January 29, 1951.
(c) February 5, 1951.
(d) October 4, 1951.

4. Who was Henrietta's grandfather that raised her after her mother died?
(a) William Lacks.
(b) Johnny Pleasant.
(c) David Lacks.
(d) Tommy Lacks.

5. How old was Henrietta Lacks's epileptic daughter when she died?
(a) 32.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the birth name of Henrietta Lacks's fifth child?

2. Who was David and Henrietta's cousin that convinced David to look for work in the steel industry in Baltimore in 1941?

3. On what date did the gynecologist from Johns Hopkins Hospital call and inform Henrietta Lacks that she had a malignant tumor?

4. On what date did Henrietta Lacks die?

5. Where did Henrietta live with her grandfather growing up after her mother died?

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