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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 year was it when a group of researchers at the National Institutes of Health had proven the possibility of immortal cells using mouse cells?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1943.

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

3. Who wrote the 1976 Rolling Stone article about the Lackses?
(a) Fred Garret.
(b) Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde.
(c) Roland Pattillo.
(d) Michael Rogers.

4. How old was Deborah Lacks when Rebecca Skloot first called her to talk about her mother?
(a) Almost 60.
(b) Almost 50.
(c) Almost 40.
(d) Almost 30.

5. How old was Henrietta when she gave birth to her first child?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old did Roland Pattillo say that Henrietta Lacks's husband was now, when Rebecca Skloot first contacted him to discuss Henrietta?

2. Where did Rebecca Skloot travel to in order to meet David "Sonny" Lacks Jr. in Part One: Life, Chapter 9?

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

4. When was Henrietta Lacks born?

5. Where did Henrietta live with her grandfather growing up after her mother died?

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