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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) Grover.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Baltimore.

2. When did Deborah Lacks officially divorce Reverend Pullum?
(a) 2006.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2012.

3. How old was Henrietta Lacks's epileptic daughter when she died?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 19.
(d) 32.

4. On what date did Rebecca Skloot meet Deborah in order to see Henrietta Lacks's cells?
(a) July 9, 2000.
(b) June 30, 2002.
(c) October 11, 1996.
(d) May 11, 2001.

5. What disease nearly killed Henrietta's youngest son Joe not long after her death?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Polio.
(d) Scarlet fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "HIPAA" represent?

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

3. Who discovered radium and its ability to destroy cancer cells?

4. When was the Human Genome Project declared complete?

5. Where did Chester Southam advertise for medical research volunteers in May of 1956?

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