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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the doctor determine when Deborah saw him after her trip to clover in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 37?
(a) She had cervical cancer.
(b) She was schizophrenic.
(c) Her blood pressure and blood sugar were extremely high.
(d) She was epileptic and had suffered a concussion.

2. 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) 2 pints.
(c) 10 pints.
(d) 5 pints.

3. Who dug Henrietta's grave in Clover?
(a) Walter and Jimmy.
(b) Johnny and Cootie.
(c) Fred and Cliff.
(d) Tommy and David.

4. What gift did Deborah give to Zakariyya when she took Rebecca to meet him in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 30?
(a) The rendering of a HeLa cell.
(b) A plaque with their mother's name on it.
(c) A check for $1,000.
(d) A Bible.

5. When did Joe Lacks turn himself into the police for the murder of Eldridge Lee Ivy?
(a) September 29, 1970.
(b) February 5, 1951.
(c) October 4, 1969.
(d) August 20, 1972.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Roland Pattillo organize the first annual HeLa Cancer Control Symposium?

2. As of the book's publication in 2009, over how many scientific articles had been published about research done on HeLa?

3. Who were the two British scientists that fused HeLa cells with mouse cells, creating the first human-animal hybrids?

4. Who was the gynecologist that examined Henrietta Lacks when she first went to Johns Hopkins Hospital to have the knot in her womb seen?

5. What U.S. President created the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis?

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