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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. Where was researcher Chester Southam the chief virologist in 1954 when he began injecting cancer patients with HeLa cells?
(a) The Johns Hopkins Center for Cancer Research.
(b) The MIT Center for Cancer Research.
(c) Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research.
(d) The Harvard School of Medicine Center for Cancer Research.

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

3. Who was the press officer at the NFIP that wrote to George Gey in 1953 to say that he intended to write a more detailed article about Henrietta Lacks once her name was revealed in the press?
(a) Ronald H. Berg.
(b) Charles Bynum.
(c) Harry Eagle.
(d) William Scherer.

4. How many points compose the code of ethics known as the Nuremberg Code?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

5. 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) Tuberculosis.
(d) Hemorrhagic fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the preacher that led Rebecca Skloot to Speed's Grocery in Part One: Life, Chapter 9?

2. When were HeLa cells fused with mouse cells to create the first animal-human hybrid cells?

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

4. What does "ATCC" stand for in reference to the federal cell bank established by Lewis Coriell and others?

5. When did Joe Lacks turn himself into the police for the murder of Eldridge Lee Ivy?

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