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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname did Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde have at John's Hopkins in the 1950s?
(a) Bugs Bunny.
(b) Father Richard.
(c) Uncle Dick.
(d) Mussolini.

2. What was Hector Henry's nickname that he introduced himself as to Rebecca Skloot in Part One: Life, Chapter 10?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Joe.
(c) Cootie.
(d) Cliff.

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

4. What sentence was Joe Lacks given for the second-degree murder of Eldridge Lee Ivy?
(a) 5 years in prison.
(b) 30 years in prison.
(c) 10 years in prison.
(d) 15 years in prison.

5. 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.

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

7. For how long was Joe Lacks in the military before being discharged?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 years.

8. 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) 8 pints.
(c) 5 pints.
(d) 2 pints.

9. When did Alexis Carrel grow an "immortal chicken heart"?
(a) January 29, 1951.
(b) August 1, 1920.
(c) April 10, 1926.
(d) January 17, 1912.

10. What date was inscribed to indicate when Henrietta's mother died on her tombstone?
(a) January 17, 1912.
(b) August 1, 1920.
(c) October 28, 1924.
(d) April 10, 1941.

11. What term refers to the belief and practice which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population through selective reproduction?
(a) Ebonics.
(b) Virology.
(c) Necromancy.
(d) Eugenics.

12. Where did Henrietta live with her grandfather growing up after her mother died?
(a) Cleveland, Mississippi.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Clover, Virginia.
(d) Baltimore, Maryland.

13. What war was Lawrence Lacks drafted into after lying about his age to get into pool halls?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Afghanistan War.
(d) The Vietnam War.

14. What does "ATCC" stand for in reference to the federal cell bank established by Lewis Coriell and others?
(a) American Technical Control Center.
(b) The American Type Culture Collection.
(c) Arterial Tissue and Culture Collective.
(d) American Technological Culture Containment.

15. When did the Tuskegee syphilis study begin, as described by the author in Part One: Life, Chapter 6?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1940s.
(c) The 1880s.
(d) The 1930s.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Joe Lacks turn himself into the police for the murder of Eldridge Lee Ivy?

2. What was the name of the pathologist who performed the autopsy on Henrietta Lacks?

3. How did Joe Lacks murder Eldridge Lee Ivy?

4. In what year did the term "informed consent" first appear in court documents regarding the case of patient Martin Salgo?

5. Who was the director of "Negro Activities" for the Tuskegee Institute when the HeLa Distribution Center was developed?

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