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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who dug Henrietta's grave in Clover?
(a) Tommy and David.
(b) Johnny and Cootie.
(c) Fred and Cliff.
(d) Walter and Jimmy.

2. What was the birth name of Henrietta Lacks's fifth child?
(a) Joseph Lacks.
(b) Tommy Lacks.
(c) David Lacks.
(d) Edgar Lacks.

3. How many chromosomes are contained in a human cell?
(a) 46.
(b) 36.
(c) 42.
(d) 52.

4. How old was Lawrence when he an Bobbette moved in together?
(a) 18.
(b) 30.
(c) 24.
(d) 19.

5. In what year did the term "informed consent" first appear in court documents regarding the case of patient Martin Salgo?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1945.

6. How old was Deborah Lacks when Rebecca Skloot first called her to talk about her mother?
(a) Almost 60.
(b) Almost 50.
(c) Almost 30.
(d) Almost 40.

7. Where was Roland Pattillo working as a professor of gynecology when Rebecca Skloot first contacted him regarding Henrietta Lacks?
(a) Morehouse School of Medicine.
(b) Harvard School of Medicine.
(c) UCLA School of Medicine.
(d) Sewanee School of Medicine.

8. What researcher at the NIH used HeLa cells to develop the first standardized culture medium that could be made by the gallon and shipped ready to use?
(a) Roland Pattillo.
(b) Roland Pattillo.
(c) Charles Bynum.
(d) Harry Eagle.

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

10. How much blood did Henrietta's cousin Emmett and his friends donate when they heard Henrietta was in need of transfusions at the hospital?
(a) 10 pints.
(b) 5 pints.
(c) 8 pints.
(d) 2 pints.

11. For how long was Chester Southam's medical license suspended due to "fraud or deceit and unprofessional conduct in the practice of medicine" after he'd injected unknowing patients with cancer cells?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 6 months.

12. What was the name of Deborah Lacks's first child?
(a) Fred Garret.
(b) Henry Harris.
(c) Harry Eagle.
(d) Alfred Carter.

13. When did George Papanicolaou publish a paper describing what is now known as the "Pap smear"?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1956.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what date did Henrietta marry David Lacks?

3. On what date did Henrietta Lacks first go to Johns Hopkins to have the knot in her womb examined?

4. What was the central reason that the HeLa factory was developed?

5. What was the population of Clover, Virginia, in 1998?

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