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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. Who discovered radium and its ability to destroy cancer cells?
(a) Alexis Carrel.
(b) Jonas Salk.
(c) Sir Isaac Newton.
(d) Marie and Pierre Curie.

2. What was Henrietta Lacks's name at birth?
(a) Wilma Anderson.
(b) Helen Lane.
(c) Loretta Pleasant.
(d) Henrietta Pleasant.

3. Who was the preacher that led Rebecca Skloot to Speed's Grocery in Part One: Life, Chapter 9?
(a) Reverend Elmer.
(b) Reverend Thompson.
(c) Reverend Wilson.
(d) Reverend Jackson.

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

5. When was Johns Hopkins Hospital founded?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1889.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Henrietta Lacks die?

2. Where was Henrietta Lacks born?

3. How old was Henrietta Lacks's epileptic daughter when she died?

4. What nickname did Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde have at John's Hopkins in the 1950s?

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

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