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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Death – Chapters 17 - 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who dug Henrietta's grave in Clover?
(a) Johnny and Cootie.
(b) Walter and Jimmy.
(c) Fred and Cliff.
(d) Tommy and David.

2. When was Henrietta Lacks born?
(a) January 17, 1919.
(b) October 4, 1925.
(c) August 1, 1920.
(d) April 10, 1941.

3. 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) Gonorrhea.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Hemorrhagic fever.
(d) Tuberculosis.

4. What disease nearly killed Henrietta's youngest son Joe not long after her death?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Polio.

5. What was Henrietta Lacks's name at birth?
(a) Wilma Anderson.
(b) Helen Lane.
(c) Henrietta Pleasant.
(d) Loretta Pleasant.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What date was inscribed to indicate when Henrietta's mother died on her tombstone?

4. How did Joe Lacks murder Eldridge Lee Ivy?

5. Cervical carcinomas are divided into two types. What are these types?

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