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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Joe Lacks change his name to after he converted to Islam in prison?
(a) Ayman al-Zawahiri.
(b) Zakariyya Bari Abdul Rahman.
(c) Andrew Robertson.
(d) Johnny Pleasant.

2. Who is the molecular biologist that founded the Genetics and Public Policy Center at Johns Hopkins University?
(a) Fred Garret.
(b) Kathy Hudson.
(c) Christoph Lengauer.
(d) Terry Sharrer.

3. 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) Abaca mosiac virus.
(b) Campoletis aprilis ichnovirus.
(c) Abelson murine leukemia virus.
(d) Human papillomavirus.

4. How many years in prison did Zakariyya serve of his sentence before he was released for his second-degree murder conviction?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 9 years.
(d) 7 years.

5. What was the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act designed to prohibit?
(a) It prohibits the use of genetic information in health insurance and employment.
(b) It prohibits the taking of cells without consent.
(c) It prohibits research on cells without informed consent.
(d) It prohibits the publication of personal data.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Deborah Lacks marry James Pullum?

2. Where was Barbara Wyche working as a sociologist when she wrote to Congress demanding recognition for Henrietta Lacks's contribution to science?

3. Who was the Harvard anesthesiologist that published a study in the New England Journal of Medicine showing that Chester Southam's cancer research was just one of hundreds of similarly unethical cases?

4. Who was the renowned geneticist that founded the world's first human genetics department at Johns Hopkins?

5. How old was Deborah's grandson Alfred when Deborah Lacks died?

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