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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 Roland Pattillo working as a professor of gynecology when Rebecca Skloot first contacted him regarding Henrietta Lacks?
(a) Harvard School of Medicine.
(b) Morehouse School of Medicine.
(c) Sewanee School of Medicine.
(d) UCLA School of Medicine.

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

3. What was the nickname of Henrietta's cousin that tried to kill himself when he found out that Henrietta was marrying David?
(a) Crazy Joe.
(b) Cootie.
(c) Jumpin' Joe.
(d) Wild Willy.

4. How many chromosomes are contained in a human cell?
(a) 36.
(b) 52.
(c) 42.
(d) 46.

5. Who was David and Henrietta's cousin that convinced David to look for work in the steel industry in Baltimore in 1941?
(a) Fred Garret.
(b) Tommy Lacks.
(c) Joseph Lacks.
(d) Johnny Pleasant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hector Henry's nickname that he introduced himself as to Rebecca Skloot in Part One: Life, Chapter 10?

2. How old was Henrietta when she gave birth to her first child?

3. On what date did the gynecologist from Johns Hopkins Hospital call and inform Henrietta Lacks that she had a malignant tumor?

4. What was Henrietta Lacks's name at birth?

5. 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?

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