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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of cancer had John Moore developed at the age of thirty-one?
(a) Hairy-cell leukemia.
(b) Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
(c) Basal Cell Carcinoma.
(d) Burkitt Lymphoma.

2. What organization created the Belmont Report?
(a) The National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research.
(b) The World Health Organization.
(c) The Nelson-Rees Publishing Company.
(d) The National Foundation for Cancer Research.

3. Who did a fireman say saved Deborah's life by slapping her to keep her awake after she'd had a stroke in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 37?
(a) Cootie.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Davon.
(d) Cliff.

4. How did Deborah describe Cootie's death to Rebecca in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 38?
(a) He shot himself.
(b) He was hit by a car.
(c) He was killed in prison.
(d) He died from cancer.

5. Who came with Deborah to Johns Hopkins to see Henrietta Lacks's cells?
(a) Cootie.
(b) Zakariyya.
(c) Sadie.
(d) Cliff.

6. What gift did Deborah give to Zakariyya when she took Rebecca to meet him in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 30?
(a) A check for $1,000.
(b) A plaque with their mother's name on it.
(c) The rendering of a HeLa cell.
(d) A Bible.

7. Where was Barbara Wyche working as a sociologist when she wrote to Congress demanding recognition for Henrietta Lacks's contribution to science?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Morgan State University.
(c) Louisiana State University.
(d) Howard University.

8. Who is the director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt that the author cites in the Afterword?
(a) Christoph Lengauer.
(b) Judith Greenburg.
(c) Baruch Blumberg.
(d) Ellen Wright Clayton.

9. On what date did Rebecca Skloot meet Deborah in order to see Henrietta Lacks's cells?
(a) July 9, 2000.
(b) May 11, 2001.
(c) October 11, 1996.
(d) June 30, 2002.

10. When was the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act passed in the United States?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2005.

11. In what year was the Coalition for Genetic Fairness formed by several patient and civil rights groups to spearhead genetic nondiscrimination legislation on Capitol Hill?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1992.

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

13. What are the three core principles that are identified in the Belmont Report?
(a) Medical ethics, law, and science.
(b) Freedom of speech, expression, and self-hood.
(c) Respect for persons, beneficence, and justice.
(d) Tissues, cells, and blood.

14. How much money did the NIH invest in 2009 to develop a bank for the samples taken from newborns nationwide in the U.S.?
(a) $10 million.
(b) $8.3 million.
(c) $13.5 million.
(d) $2.3 billion.

15. On what date did Rebecca Skloot finally meet face-to-face with Deborah Lacks for the first time?
(a) October 11, 1996.
(b) July 9, 2000.
(c) August 1, 2001.
(d) January 3, 2002.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years in prison did Zakariyya serve of his sentence before he was released for his second-degree murder conviction?

2. Why did Paul Lurz say that the earlier records from Crownville Hospital Center had been destroyed?

3. What did the bathroom graffiti in the medical school restroom say that first inspired Michael Rogers to learn about HeLa cells and their background?

4. When did Deborah Lacks officially divorce Reverend Pullum?

5. Who was the judge that oversaw John Moore's initial case against UCLA?

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