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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did the law go into effect that required IRB approval and informed consent for all federally funded research?
(a) June 30, 1974.
(b) September 29, 1970.
(c) October 4, 1977.
(d) September 15, 1972.

2. Rebecca Skloot says in the Afterword that in 1999, the RAND Corporation published a report that estimated "conservatively" that how many tissue samples were stored in the United States alone?
(a) Approximately 200 million.
(b) Nearly 100 million.
(c) Over 620 million.
(d) Over 307 million.

3. Who was the BBC producer that began making a documentary about the Lacks family in the 1990s?
(a) Walter Nelson-Rees.
(b) Charles Bynum.
(c) Adam Curtis.
(d) Alfred Carter.

4. Who is the director of the Diagnostic Molecular Pathology Lab oratory at the University of California, Los Angeles, cited by the author in the Afterword?
(a) Wayne Grody.
(b) Judith Greenburg.
(c) Baruch Blumberg.
(d) Christoph Lengauer.

5. What publication did Michael Rogers write for when he came to interview the Lackses?
(a) Rolling Stone.
(b) Time.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) People.

6. How much money did David Lacks receive as settlement from a class-action lawsuit against a boiler manufacturer at Bethlehem Steel?
(a) $23,000.
(b) $12,000.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $5,000.

7. Who was the researcher at Johns Hopkins who showed Deborah her mother's cells?
(a) Dr. Howard Jones.
(b) Roland Pattillo.
(c) Walter Nelson-Rees.
(d) Christoph Lengauer.

8. What corporation owns the patents to BRCA1 and BRCA2, the genes responsible for most cases of breast and ovarian cancer?
(a) Pfizer.
(b) Myriad Genetics.
(c) Novartis.
(d) GlaxoSmithKline.

9. When was the Belmont Report issued?
(a) July 9, 2000.
(b) September 30, 1978.
(c) September 29, 1970.
(d) October 11, 1996.

10. The author states in the book that by the time Keenan Kester Cofield contacted the Lacks family, he was already banned from filing lawsuits in how many countries?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

11. How old was Dr. Howard Jones in 2009 when The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks went to press?
(a) 85.
(b) 89.
(c) 102.
(d) 99.

12. In what year did Deborah Lacks marry James Pullum?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1988.

13. Who was the judge that oversaw John Moore's initial case against UCLA?
(a) Judge Henry Beecher.
(b) Judge Howard Jones.
(c) Judge Joseph Wapner.
(d) Judge Emanuel Mandel.

14. What was the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act designed to prohibit?
(a) It prohibits the taking of cells without consent.
(b) It prohibits the use of genetic information in health insurance and employment.
(c) It prohibits the publication of personal data.
(d) It prohibits research on cells without informed consent.

15. What was Paul Lurz's position at Crownsville Hospital Center when Deborah and Rebecca visited in search of past records?
(a) Director of medical ethics.
(b) Director of biological sciences.
(c) Director of performance and improvement.
(d) Director of virology.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Deborah Lacks officially divorce Reverend Pullum?

2. What was the cost for a vial of HeLa cells from the American Type Culture Collection at the time that The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks went to press?

3. On what date did Roland Pattillo organize the first annual HeLa Cancer Control Symposium?

4. Rebecca Skloot states in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 24 that a search of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database shows how many patents involving HeLa cells?

5. What gift did Deborah give to Zakariyya when she took Rebecca to meet him in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 30?

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