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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. When was Alexis Carrel awarded the Nobel Prize for his blood-vessel-suturing technique?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1903.

2. What was the name of the pathologist who performed the autopsy on Henrietta Lacks?
(a) Dr. Gey.
(b) Dr. Jones.
(c) Dr. Wilbur.
(d) Dr. Rogers.

3. What was the first publication to name the woman behind the HeLa cells in 1953?
(a) The Minneapolis Star.
(b) The Chicago Tribune.
(c) Time magazine.
(d) Science magazine.

4. What U.S. President created the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Grover Cleveland.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

5. Who was the director of "Negro Activities" for the Tuskegee Institute when the HeLa Distribution Center was developed?
(a) William Scherer.
(b) Charles Bynum.
(c) Roland Pattillo.
(d) Michael Rogers.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of Henrietta Lacks's children did not attend her funeral or know she'd died, according to the author in Part Two: Death, Chapter 12?

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

5. What war was Lawrence Lacks drafted into after lying about his age to get into pool halls?

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