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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who coerced Deborah to continue at an all-girls' school after she became pregnant with her first child?
(a) Sadie.
(b) Ethel.
(c) Bobbette.
(d) Margaret.

3. What was the population of Clover, Virginia, in 1998?
(a) 198.
(b) 307.
(c) 269.
(d) 79.

4. Who is the provost for research at Harvard University that argues in the Afterword that giving patients control over their tissues is shortsighted?
(a) Christoph Lengauer.
(b) David Korn.
(c) Judith Greenburg.
(d) Baruch Blumberg.

5. Who was the preacher that led Rebecca Skloot to Speed's Grocery in Part One: Life, Chapter 9?
(a) Reverend Jackson.
(b) Reverend Thompson.
(c) Reverend Elmer.
(d) Reverend Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Parents in what two states sued in 2009 to stop the nationwide practice of storing and conducting research on fetal blood samples?

3. What did Joe Lacks change his name to after he converted to Islam in prison?

4. What caused the death of David Lacks?

5. Where did Henrietta live with her grandfather growing up after her mother died?

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