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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Death – Chapters 12 - 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Henrietta Lacks born?
(a) Brooklyn, New York.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Roanoke, Virginia.
(d) Plainfield, New Jersey.

2. Who was the preacher that led Rebecca Skloot to Speed's Grocery in Part One: Life, Chapter 9?
(a) Reverend Jackson.
(b) Reverend Thompson.
(c) Reverend Elmer.
(d) Reverend Wilson.

3. When did the Tuskegee syphilis study begin, as described by the author in Part One: Life, Chapter 6?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1930s.
(c) The 1880s.
(d) The 1940s.

4. 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) 1943.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1898.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the central reason that the HeLa factory was developed?

2. 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?

3. When did Alexis Carrel grow an "immortal chicken heart"?

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

5. How old was Lawrence when he an Bobbette moved in together?

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