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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Immortality – Chapters 33 - 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did Henrietta Lacks first go to Johns Hopkins to have the knot in her womb examined?
(a) October 4, 1951.
(b) January 29, 1951.
(c) February 5, 1951.
(d) April 10, 1941.

2. Where was Roland Pattillo working as a professor of gynecology when Rebecca Skloot first contacted him regarding Henrietta Lacks?
(a) Morehouse School of Medicine.
(b) Sewanee School of Medicine.
(c) Harvard School of Medicine.
(d) UCLA School of Medicine.

3. What did the researcher at Johns Hopkins give to Deborah as she departed in the end of Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?
(a) A vial of HeLa cells.
(b) An autographed picture.
(c) His cell phone number.
(d) A book about HeLa cells.

4. The author says in Part Two: Death, Chapter 13 that George Gey took HeLa cells with him to the Far East in 1953 in order to study what disease?
(a) Hemorrhagic fever.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Gonorrhea.

5. What color were the HeLa cells tinted that Deborah observed at Johns Hopkins in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rebecca and Deborah go after leaving Crownsville to look for more medical records on Elsie in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 33?

2. Who were the business partners that owned Microbiological Associates in the 1950s?

3. Who came with Deborah to Johns Hopkins to see Henrietta Lacks's cells?

4. What is described in Part Two: Death, Chapter 13 as "an essential part of science"?

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

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