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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 had Deborah's son been arrested for when she called Rebecca Skloot sobbing at the end of Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 31?
(a) Robbery.
(b) Arson.
(c) Murder.
(d) Rape.

2. Who discovered radium and its ability to destroy cancer cells?
(a) Marie and Pierre Curie.
(b) Sir Isaac Newton.
(c) Alexis Carrel.
(d) Jonas Salk.

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

4. What did Joe Lacks change his name to after he converted to Islam in prison?
(a) Ayman al-Zawahiri.
(b) Andrew Robertson.
(c) Johnny Pleasant.
(d) Zakariyya Bari Abdul Rahman.

5. 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) Christoph Lengauer.
(b) George Gey.
(c) Dr. Howard Jones.
(d) Terry Sharrer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sentence was Joe Lacks given for the second-degree murder of Eldridge Lee Ivy?

2. Who was the president of the Henrietta Lacks Health History Museum Foundation, Inc., that was established in Turner Station?

3. When Deborah took Rebecca Skloot to meet her brother Zakariyya, she reminded her that she should never make the mistake of calling him by what name?

4. What year was it when a group of researchers at the National Institutes of Health had proven the possibility of immortal cells using mouse cells?

5. When did Alexis Carrel grow an "immortal chicken heart"?

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