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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Henrietta when she gave birth to her first child?
(a) 14.
(b) 17.
(c) 13.
(d) 16.

2. When did Joe Lacks turn himself into the police for the murder of Eldridge Lee Ivy?
(a) August 20, 1972.
(b) October 4, 1969.
(c) February 5, 1951.
(d) September 29, 1970.

3. When was Alexis Carrel awarded the Nobel Prize for his blood-vessel-suturing technique?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1903.

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

5. What was Henrietta Lacks's name at birth?
(a) Henrietta Pleasant.
(b) Wilma Anderson.
(c) Helen Lane.
(d) Loretta Pleasant.

6. On what date did Henrietta marry David Lacks?
(a) February 5, 1951.
(b) October 4, 1951.
(c) April 10, 1941.
(d) January 29, 1945.

7. How old did Roland Pattillo say that Henrietta Lacks's husband was now, when Rebecca Skloot first contacted him to discuss Henrietta?
(a) 92.
(b) 84.
(c) 77.
(d) 95.

8. Who coerced Deborah to continue at an all-girls' school after she became pregnant with her first child?
(a) Ethel.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Bobbette.
(d) Sadie.

9. What extra chromosome appears in individuals with Down syndrome?
(a) Chromosome number 16.
(b) Chromosome number 2.
(c) Chromosome number 21.
(d) Chromosome number 18.

10. What was the name of Henrietta Lacks's father?
(a) William Lacks.
(b) David Lacks.
(c) Johnny Pleasant.
(d) Tommy Lacks.

11. How old was Henrietta Lacks when she became pregnant with her fifth child?
(a) 29.
(b) 36.
(c) 42.
(d) 33.

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

13. How did Joe Lacks murder Eldridge Lee Ivy?
(a) He stabbed him.
(b) He shot him.
(c) He strangled him.
(d) He hit him in his car.

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

15. What image did Mary Kubicek describe to the author as having instilled in her the realization that Henrietta Lacks was "a real person" in Part Two: Death, Chapter 12?
(a) A pearl-encased locket.
(b) Smeared lipstick.
(c) Chipped red toenail polish.
(d) Henrietta's wedding ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rebecca Skloot travel to in order to meet David "Sonny" Lacks Jr. in Part One: Life, Chapter 9?

2. 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?

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

4. When did the Tuskegee syphilis study begin, as described by the author in Part One: Life, Chapter 6?

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

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