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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Rebecca Skloot travel to in order to meet David "Sonny" Lacks Jr. in Part One: Life, Chapter 9?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Grover.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Baltimore.

2. Who was the young Johns Hopkins researcher that sent a gift to Deborah Lacks by way of Rebecca Skloot when Rebecca met Deborah for the first time?
(a) Terry Sharrer.
(b) Christoph Lengauer.
(c) Dr. Howard Jones.
(d) George Gey.

3. What does "ATCC" stand for in reference to the federal cell bank established by Lewis Coriell and others?
(a) Arterial Tissue and Culture Collective.
(b) American Technical Control Center.
(c) American Technological Culture Containment.
(d) The American Type Culture Collection.

4. How old was Henrietta when she gave birth to her first child?
(a) 16.
(b) 17.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

5. Who was the press officer at the NFIP that wrote to George Gey in 1953 to say that he intended to write a more detailed article about Henrietta Lacks once her name was revealed in the press?
(a) William Scherer.
(b) Harry Eagle.
(c) Charles Bynum.
(d) Ronald H. Berg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What image did Mary Kubicek describe to the author as having instilled in her the realization that Henrietta Lacks was "a real person" in Part Two: Death, Chapter 12?

2. Who was the president of the National Foundation for Cancer Research in 2001?

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

4. When was the Washington Post article dated that was titled "Overcrowded Hospital 'Loses' Curable Patients" and given to Rebecca to read at Crownville Hospital Center?

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

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