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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. How many points compose the code of ethics known as the Nuremberg Code?
(a) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

2. How much money did David Lacks receive as settlement from a class-action lawsuit against a boiler manufacturer at Bethlehem Steel?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $23,000.
(d) $12,000.

3. 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) Gonorrhea.
(d) Syphilis.

4. How many people does Rebecca Skloot estimate that Chester Southam injected with living cancer cells during his career?
(a) Over 600 people.
(b) Over 800 people.
(c) About 300 people.
(d) About 200 people.

5. What realization did Deborah make when speaking with the researcher at Johns Hopkins in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?
(a) She realized that Rebecca Skloot was writing a book.
(b) She realized that her mother did not die.
(c) She realized that all HeLa cells were cancerous.
(d) She realized that her mother's cells were not malignant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the cell line that was developed and marketed using John Moore's cells?

2. What was the population at the asylum of Crownsville Hospital when Elsie died in 1955?

3. 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?

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

5. What was listed as the official cause of Henrietta Lacks's death?

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