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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. In what year did Deborah Lacks marry James Pullum?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1981.

2. When was the Human Genome Project declared complete?
(a) 2012.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2000.

3. 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) Michael Rogers.
(b) Emanuel Mandel.
(c) Harry Eagle.
(d) Henry Beecher.

4. Of whom did Zakariyya say "Livin' with that abusive crazy woman was worse than livin' in prison" in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 30?
(a) Ethel.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Deborah.
(d) Sadie.

5. 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) Campoletis aprilis ichnovirus.
(b) Abelson murine leukemia virus.
(c) Human papillomavirus.
(d) Abaca mosiac virus.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long was Chester Southam's medical license suspended due to "fraud or deceit and unprofessional conduct in the practice of medicine" after he'd injected unknowing patients with cancer cells?

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

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

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 was the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act passed in the United States?

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