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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 chromosomes are contained in a human cell?
(a) 52.
(b) 36.
(c) 46.
(d) 42.

2. Where did Henrietta live with her grandfather growing up after her mother died?
(a) Atlanta, Georgia.
(b) Cleveland, Mississippi.
(c) Baltimore, Maryland.
(d) Clover, Virginia.

3. How much blood did Henrietta's cousin Emmett and his friends donate when they heard Henrietta was in need of transfusions at the hospital?
(a) 8 pints.
(b) 5 pints.
(c) 2 pints.
(d) 10 pints.

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

5. What was Paul Lurz's position at Crownsville Hospital Center when Deborah and Rebecca visited in search of past records?
(a) Director of performance and improvement.
(b) Director of virology.
(c) Director of medical ethics.
(d) Director of biological sciences.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift did Deborah give to Zakariyya when she took Rebecca to meet him in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 30?

2. What disease nearly killed Henrietta's youngest son Joe not long after her death?

3. When did the U.S.-led international war tribunal at Nuremberg sentence seven Nazi doctors to death for conducting unthinkable research on Jews without consent?

4. When was Johns Hopkins Hospital founded?

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

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