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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Smeared lipstick.
(b) Chipped red toenail polish.
(c) A pearl-encased locket.
(d) Henrietta's wedding ring.

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

4. The first time that live human cells were ever shipped via the U.S. Postal Service was when George Gey mailed HeLa cells to whom?
(a) Michael Rogers.
(b) Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde.
(c) Dr. Howard Jones.
(d) William Scherer.

5. The author says in Part Two: Death, Chapter 13 that George Gey took HeLa cells with him to the Far East in 1953 in order to study what disease?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Gonorrhea.
(c) Hemorrhagic fever.
(d) Tuberculosis.

6. Alexis Carrel died while he was awaiting trial for what crime?
(a) Collaborating with the Nazis.
(b) Arson.
(c) Impersonating a medical professional.
(d) Fraud and negligence.

7. On what date did the gynecologist from Johns Hopkins Hospital call and inform Henrietta Lacks that she had a malignant tumor?
(a) February 5, 1951.
(b) April 10, 1941.
(c) October 4, 1951.
(d) August 1, 1950.

8. What was listed as the official cause of Henrietta Lacks's death?
(a) Terminal uremia.
(b) Grand mal seizure.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Heart attack.

9. On what date did Henrietta Lacks first go to Johns Hopkins to have the knot in her womb examined?
(a) October 4, 1951.
(b) April 10, 1941.
(c) January 29, 1951.
(d) February 5, 1951.

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

11. Who discovered radium and its ability to destroy cancer cells?
(a) Jonas Salk.
(b) Sir Isaac Newton.
(c) Marie and Pierre Curie.
(d) Alexis Carrel.

12. 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) 5 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 1 year.

13. 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) Charles Bynum.
(b) Roland Pattillo.
(c) Roland Pattillo.
(d) Harry Eagle.

14. 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?
(a) Henry Beecher.
(b) Emanuel Mandel.
(c) Michael Rogers.
(d) Harry Eagle.

15. Who was the press officer at the NFIP that wrote to George Gey in 1953 to say that he intended to write a more detailed article about Henrietta Lacks once her name was revealed in the press?
(a) Ronald H. Berg.
(b) Charles Bynum.
(c) Harry Eagle.
(d) William Scherer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were HeLa cells fused with mouse cells to create the first animal-human hybrid cells?

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

3. What was the name of Henrietta Lacks's father?

4. How old was Henrietta Lacks when she became pregnant with her fifth child?

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

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