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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What best-selling book did Alexis Carrel publish that criticized an "error" in the U.S. Constitution of equality for all people?

2. 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?

3. Cervical carcinomas are divided into two types. What are these types?

4. When was Henrietta Lacks born?

5. What year was it when a group of researchers at the National Institutes of Health had proven the possibility of immortal cells using mouse cells?

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