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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the BBC documentary that Courtney Speed borrowed from the library to show to Rebecca Skloot when she visited Turner Station?
(a) HeLa: Woman Behind the Mask.
(b) An Error of Cells.
(c) Man, the Unknown.
(d) The Way of All Flesh.

2. What was listed as the official cause of Henrietta Lacks's death?
(a) Grand mal seizure.
(b) Terminal uremia.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Heart attack.

3. How old was Deborah's grandson Alfred when Deborah Lacks died?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

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

5. Who was the president of the Henrietta Lacks Health History Museum Foundation, Inc., that was established in Turner Station?
(a) Joseph Lacks.
(b) Michael Rogers.
(c) Roland Pattillo.
(d) Courtney Speed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was it when a group of researchers at the National Institutes of Health had proven the possibility of immortal cells using mouse cells?

2. What was the birth name of Henrietta Lacks's fifth child?

3. On what date did the law go into effect that required IRB approval and informed consent for all federally funded research?

4. Who discovered radium and its ability to destroy cancer cells?

5. What were the names of Deborah's grandsons who came along when Deborah took Rebecca Skloot to meet Zakariyya?

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