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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The researcher at Johns Hopkins that showed Deborah her mother's cells explained to her that Henrietta's cancer developed due to what virus?
(a) Campoletis aprilis ichnovirus.
(b) Human papillomavirus.
(c) Abaca mosiac virus.
(d) Abelson murine leukemia virus.

2. 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) Man, the Unknown.
(b) An Error of Cells.
(c) HeLa: Woman Behind the Mask.
(d) The Way of All Flesh.

3. What was the cost for a vial of HeLa cells from the American Type Culture Collection at the time that The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks went to press?
(a) $455.
(b) $256.
(c) $19.
(d) $325.

4. Who was the researcher at Johns Hopkins who showed Deborah her mother's cells?
(a) Roland Pattillo.
(b) Dr. Howard Jones.
(c) Walter Nelson-Rees.
(d) Christoph Lengauer.

5. Who told Michael Rogers that Henrietta Lacks was actually the name of the patient whose cells became known as HeLa cells?
(a) Dr. Howard Jones.
(b) Roland Pattillo.
(c) Walter Nelson-Rees.
(d) Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what pharmaceutical company was Christoph Lengauer the Global Head of Oncology at in 2009?

2. When was Alexis Carrel awarded the Nobel Prize for his blood-vessel-suturing technique?

3. What was the name of Deborah Lacks's first child?

4. Where was Henrietta Lacks born?

5. Who was the preacher that led Rebecca Skloot to Speed's Grocery in Part One: Life, Chapter 9?

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