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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Bobbette employed when she learned about Henrietta's connection to HeLa cells from Gardenia's brother-in-law?
(a) Johns Hopkins Hospital.
(b) Yale School of Medicine.
(c) Costco.
(d) Baltimore City Hospital.

2. When Deborah took Rebecca Skloot to meet her brother Zakariyya, she reminded her that she should never make the mistake of calling him by what name?
(a) Jeremy.
(b) Jack.
(c) Joe.
(d) William.

3. 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.

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

5. How old did Roland Pattillo say that Henrietta Lacks's husband was now, when Rebecca Skloot first contacted him to discuss Henrietta?
(a) 84.
(b) 95.
(c) 92.
(d) 77.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Henrietta Lacks born?

2. Who is the director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt that the author cites in the Afterword?

3. How much money did the NIH invest in 2009 to develop a bank for the samples taken from newborns nationwide in the U.S.?

4. How many years in prison did Zakariyya serve of his sentence before he was released for his second-degree murder conviction?

5. What are the three core principles that are identified in the Belmont Report?

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