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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. What was the cost for a vial of HeLa cells from the American Type Culture Collection at the time that The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks went to press?
(a) $19.
(b) $325.
(c) $256.
(d) $455.

2. What term refers to the belief and practice which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population through selective reproduction?
(a) Virology.
(b) Necromancy.
(c) Eugenics.
(d) Ebonics.

3. Who was Ethel's husband that sexually abused Deborah Lacks when she was a child?
(a) Cootie.
(b) Joe.
(c) Galen.
(d) Cliff.

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

5. Who was the researcher at Johns Hopkins who showed Deborah her mother's cells?
(a) Christoph Lengauer.
(b) Roland Pattillo.
(c) Walter Nelson-Rees.
(d) Dr. Howard Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much blood did Henrietta's cousin Emmett and his friends donate when they heard Henrietta was in need of transfusions at the hospital?

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

3. The first time that live human cells were ever shipped via the U.S. Postal Service was when George Gey mailed HeLa cells to whom?

4. On what date did Henrietta Lacks first go to Johns Hopkins to have the knot in her womb examined?

5. Who was the curator at the Smithsonian Museum of American History that invited the Lacks family to an event at the museum?

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