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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 Henrietta Lacks first go to Johns Hopkins to have the knot in her womb examined?
(a) February 5, 1951.
(b) October 4, 1951.
(c) January 29, 1951.
(d) April 10, 1941.

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

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?
(a) Sadie and Margaret.
(b) Cliff and Cootie.
(c) Joe and Fred.
(d) Tommy and Sarah.

4. Who discovered radium and its ability to destroy cancer cells?
(a) Sir Isaac Newton.
(b) Marie and Pierre Curie.
(c) Alexis Carrel.
(d) Jonas Salk.

5. How old did Roland Pattillo say that Henrietta Lacks's husband was now, when Rebecca Skloot first contacted him to discuss Henrietta?
(a) 92.
(b) 77.
(c) 95.
(d) 84.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what date did Henrietta marry David Lacks?

3. When was Johns Hopkins Hospital founded?

4. Who was David and Henrietta's cousin that convinced David to look for work in the steel industry in Baltimore in 1941?

5. How much blood did Henrietta's cousin Emmett and his friends donate when they heard Henrietta was in need of transfusions at the hospital?

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