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

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

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

4. On what date did Henrietta marry David Lacks?
(a) April 10, 1941.
(b) January 29, 1945.
(c) October 4, 1951.
(d) February 5, 1951.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the BBC documentary that Courtney Speed borrowed from the library to show to Rebecca Skloot when she visited Turner Station?

2. What radio horror show in the 1930s related the fictional story of a Dr. Alberts who created an immortal chicken heart that overcame the earth?

3. How old was Alexis Carrel when he invented the first technique for suturing blood vessels together?

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

5. When was Alexis Carrel awarded the Nobel Prize for his blood-vessel-suturing technique?

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