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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. What illness did Hector Henry suffer from during his childhood?
(a) Leukemia.
(b) Polio.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Epilepsy.

2. Who was David and Henrietta's cousin that convinced David to look for work in the steel industry in Baltimore in 1941?
(a) Joseph Lacks.
(b) Fred Garret.
(c) Tommy Lacks.
(d) Johnny Pleasant.

3. What discovery did the researchers make after sending HeLa cells into space in the 1960s?
(a) The cancer cells died in space.
(b) The cancer cells transformed into noncancerous cells in space.
(c) The cancer cells exploded in space.
(d) The cancer cells began dividing more quickly with each trip into space.

4. Who was the Harvard anesthesiologist that published a study in the New England Journal of Medicine showing that Chester Southam's cancer research was just one of hundreds of similarly unethical cases?
(a) Harry Eagle.
(b) Michael Rogers.
(c) Henry Beecher.
(d) Emanuel Mandel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the director of "Negro Activities" for the Tuskegee Institute when the HeLa Distribution Center was developed?

2. What image did Mary Kubicek describe to the author as having instilled in her the realization that Henrietta Lacks was "a real person" in Part Two: Death, Chapter 12?

3. When did the Tuskegee syphilis study begin, as described by the author in Part One: Life, Chapter 6?

4. What disease nearly killed Henrietta's youngest son Joe not long after her death?

5. For how long was Joe Lacks in the military before being discharged?

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