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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 nickname did Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde have at John's Hopkins in the 1950s?
(a) Uncle Dick.
(b) Father Richard.
(c) Bugs Bunny.
(d) Mussolini.

2. What was the population of Clover, Virginia, in 1998?
(a) 198.
(b) 307.
(c) 269.
(d) 79.

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

4. What term refers to the belief and practice which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population through selective reproduction?
(a) Virology.
(b) Necromancy.
(c) Eugenics.
(d) Ebonics.

5. When was Johns Hopkins Hospital founded?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1798.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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