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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 best-selling book did Alexis Carrel publish that criticized an "error" in the U.S. Constitution of equality for all people?
(a) An Error of Cells.
(b) Lights Out.
(c) Man, the Unknown.
(d) Man and Superman.

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

3. Where did Rebecca Skloot travel to in order to meet David "Sonny" Lacks Jr. in Part One: Life, Chapter 9?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) Grover.
(d) Brooklyn.

4. Alexis Carrel died while he was awaiting trial for what crime?
(a) Fraud and negligence.
(b) Arson.
(c) Impersonating a medical professional.
(d) Collaborating with the Nazis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Where was Roland Pattillo working as a professor of gynecology when Rebecca Skloot first contacted him regarding Henrietta Lacks?

4. On what date did Henrietta Lacks die?

5. Who discovered radium and its ability to destroy cancer cells?

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