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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. Who was the gynecologist that examined Henrietta Lacks when she first went to Johns Hopkins Hospital to have the knot in her womb seen?
(a) Dr. Howard Jones.
(b) Dr. Roland Pattillo.
(c) Dr. William Scherer.
(d) Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde.

2. The author says in Part Two: Death, Chapter 13 that George Gey took HeLa cells with him to the Far East in 1953 in order to study what disease?
(a) Hemorrhagic fever.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Gonorrhea.

3. How old was Lawrence when he an Bobbette moved in together?
(a) 30.
(b) 19.
(c) 24.
(d) 18.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the business partners that owned Microbiological Associates in the 1950s?

2. How old was Henrietta Lacks's epileptic daughter when she died?

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

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

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

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