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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) August 1, 1950.
(b) October 4, 1951.
(c) April 10, 1941.
(d) February 5, 1951.

2. When was Alexis Carrel awarded the Nobel Prize for his blood-vessel-suturing technique?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1903.

3. 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?
(a) Serendipity.
(b) Lost Souls.
(c) No Exit.
(d) Lights Out.

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

5. Where did Henrietta live with her grandfather growing up after her mother died?
(a) Atlanta, Georgia.
(b) Cleveland, Mississippi.
(c) Clover, Virginia.
(d) Baltimore, Maryland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did Deborah Lacks have within her family?

2. What illness did Hector Henry suffer from during his childhood?

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

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

5. When did George Papanicolaou publish a paper describing what is now known as the "Pap smear"?

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