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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. What was the name of Henrietta Lacks's father?
(a) William Lacks.
(b) David Lacks.
(c) Tommy Lacks.
(d) Johnny Pleasant.

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?
(a) Man, the Unknown.
(b) HeLa: Woman Behind the Mask.
(c) An Error of Cells.
(d) The Way of All Flesh.

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

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

5. What was the birth name of Henrietta Lacks's fifth child?
(a) Edgar Lacks.
(b) Tommy Lacks.
(c) David Lacks.
(d) Joseph Lacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were Henrietta's cousins that she first told about the knot she felt in her womb, prior to her visit to the hospital?

2. Who discovered radium and its ability to destroy cancer cells?

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

4. Alexis Carrel died while he was awaiting trial for what crime?

5. What researcher at the NIH used HeLa cells to develop the first standardized culture medium that could be made by the gallon and shipped ready to use?

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