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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. What does "HIPAA" represent?
(a) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
(b) Human Implant or Personal Axillary Assistant.
(c) Human Import of Pancreatic Appendage Appointment.
(d) Health Incentives and Protections of Adult Americans.

2. What was the birth name of Henrietta Lacks's fifth child?
(a) Joseph Lacks.
(b) David Lacks.
(c) Tommy Lacks.
(d) Edgar Lacks.

3. On what date did Roland Pattillo organize the first annual HeLa Cancer Control Symposium?
(a) October 11, 1996.
(b) September 29, 1970.
(c) September 15, 1999.
(d) March 25, 1992.

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

5. What best-selling book did Alexis Carrel publish that criticized an "error" in the U.S. Constitution of equality for all people?
(a) An Error of Cells.
(b) Man and Superman.
(c) Man, the Unknown.
(d) Lights Out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Ethel's husband that sexually abused Deborah Lacks when she was a child?

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?

3. Who was the researcher at Johns Hopkins who showed Deborah her mother's cells?

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

5. What term refers to the belief and practice which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population through selective reproduction?

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