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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Immortality – Chapters 28 - 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the young Johns Hopkins researcher that sent a gift to Deborah Lacks by way of Rebecca Skloot when Rebecca met Deborah for the first time?
(a) George Gey.
(b) Terry Sharrer.
(c) Christoph Lengauer.
(d) Dr. Howard Jones.

2. The researcher at Johns Hopkins that showed Deborah her mother's cells explained to her that Henrietta's cancer developed due to what virus?
(a) Human papillomavirus.
(b) Campoletis aprilis ichnovirus.
(c) Abaca mosiac virus.
(d) Abelson murine leukemia virus.

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

4. In what year did Bobbette Lacks discover the truth about HeLa cells and their connection to Henrietta Lacks?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1973.

5. 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) William Scherer.
(b) Charles Bynum.
(c) Ronald H. Berg.
(d) Harry Eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Rebecca Skloot meet Deborah in order to see Henrietta Lacks's cells?

2. Where did Henrietta live with her grandfather growing up after her mother died?

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

4. Who was the gynecologist that examined Henrietta Lacks when she first went to Johns Hopkins Hospital to have the knot in her womb seen?

5. What was the name of the pathologist who performed the autopsy on Henrietta Lacks?

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