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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. On what date did the gynecologist from Johns Hopkins Hospital call and inform Henrietta Lacks that she had a malignant tumor?
(a) February 5, 1951.
(b) August 1, 1950.
(c) April 10, 1941.
(d) October 4, 1951.

2. How old was Alexis Carrel when he invented the first technique for suturing blood vessels together?
(a) 62.
(b) 39.
(c) 22.
(d) 45.

3. Where was Roland Pattillo working as a professor of gynecology when Rebecca Skloot first contacted him regarding Henrietta Lacks?
(a) Sewanee School of Medicine.
(b) Harvard School of Medicine.
(c) UCLA School of Medicine.
(d) Morehouse School of Medicine.

4. What nickname did Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde have at John's Hopkins in the 1950s?
(a) Uncle Dick.
(b) Father Richard.
(c) Bugs Bunny.
(d) Mussolini.

5. What was Hector Henry's nickname that he introduced himself as to Rebecca Skloot in Part One: Life, Chapter 10?
(a) Joe.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Cliff.
(d) Cootie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the nickname of Henrietta's cousin that tried to kill himself when he found out that Henrietta was marrying David?

2. What was the name of Henrietta Lacks's father?

3. Who was the gynecologist that examined Henrietta Lacks when she first went to Johns Hopkins Hospital to have the knot in her womb seen?

4. How old was Henrietta when she gave birth to her first child?

5. Where did Rebecca Skloot travel to in order to meet David "Sonny" Lacks Jr. in Part One: Life, Chapter 9?

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