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

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

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

4. How old was Henrietta Lacks when she became pregnant with her fifth child?
(a) 33.
(b) 29.
(c) 42.
(d) 36.

5. Cervical carcinomas are divided into two types. What are these types?
(a) Radiant and specialized.
(b) Internal and external.
(c) Sedentary and biological.
(d) Invasive and noninvasive.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Henrietta Lacks born?

2. Where was Henrietta Lacks born?

3. Who were Henrietta's cousins that she first told about the knot she felt in her womb, prior to her visit to the hospital?

4. What was the population of Clover, Virginia, in 1998?

5. Who wrote the 1976 Rolling Stone article about the Lackses?

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