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Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date does Rebecca Skloot describe driving to clover in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 38?
(a) January 18, 2009.
(b) July 9, 2010.
(c) March 25, 2008.
(d) October 11, 1996.

2. When did the Tuskegee syphilis study begin, as described by the author in Part One: Life, Chapter 6?
(a) The 1940s.
(b) The 1920s.
(c) The 1930s.
(d) The 1880s.

3. In what year did John Moore die?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2005.
(d) 1999.

4. When Deborah took Rebecca Skloot to meet her brother Zakariyya, she reminded her that she should never make the mistake of calling him by what name?
(a) William.
(b) Jeremy.
(c) Joe.
(d) Jack.

5. When was Micheal Rogers's article about the Lacks family published?
(a) September 29, 1980.
(b) March 25, 1976.
(c) September 29, 1977.
(d) June 30, 1974.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the death of David Lacks?

2. How old was Deborah Lacks when Rebecca Skloot first called her to talk about her mother?

3. What was the nickname of Henrietta's cousin that tried to kill himself when he found out that Henrietta was marrying David?

4. What was the name of the pathologist who performed the autopsy on Henrietta Lacks?

5. Where was Henrietta Lacks born?

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