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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What U.S. President created the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis?
(a) Grover Cleveland.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Richard Nixon.

2. What does "HIPAA" represent?
(a) Human Import of Pancreatic Appendage Appointment.
(b) Health Incentives and Protections of Adult Americans.
(c) Human Implant or Personal Axillary Assistant.
(d) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

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

4. Where did Chester Southam advertise for medical research volunteers in May of 1956?
(a) The Ohio State Penitentiary newsletter.
(b) Sing Sing Prison newsletter.
(c) The New York Times classifieds.
(d) Rutgers University newsletter.

5. In what year did members of the Native American Havasupai Tribe sue Arizona State University for using tissue samples from the tribe to study schizophrenia and inbreeding?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1999.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sentence was Joe Lacks given for the second-degree murder of Eldridge Lee Ivy?

2. On what date did Rebecca Skloot meet Deborah in order to see Henrietta Lacks's cells?

3. When did the Tuskegee syphilis study begin, as described by the author in Part One: Life, Chapter 6?

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

5. What example does the author give in the Afterword of a corporation that pays the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Duke University Medical Center and others undisclosed amounts of money for exclusive access to tissues collected from their patients?

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