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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology at the Illinois Institute of Technology that is cited in the Afterword?
(a) Baruch Blumberg.
(b) Lori Andrews.
(c) Dr. Howard Jones.
(d) Christoph Lengauer.

3. Who was the young Johns Hopkins researcher that sent a gift to Deborah Lacks by way of Rebecca Skloot when Rebecca met Deborah for the first time?
(a) Christoph Lengauer.
(b) George Gey.
(c) Terry Sharrer.
(d) Dr. Howard Jones.

4. What does "HIPAA" represent?
(a) Health Incentives and Protections of Adult Americans.
(b) Human Import of Pancreatic Appendage Appointment.
(c) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
(d) Human Implant or Personal Axillary Assistant.

5. What DNA testing company is described by the author in the Afterword as only providing customers with genealogical information "if they first sign a form granting permission for their samples to be stored for future research"?
(a) African Ancestry.
(b) 23andMe.
(c) AncestryDNA.
(d) Oxford Ancestors.

6. How old was Deborah's grandson Alfred when Deborah Lacks died?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

7. When was Micheal Rogers's article about the Lacks family published?
(a) September 29, 1977.
(b) March 25, 1976.
(c) June 30, 1974.
(d) September 29, 1980.

8. Parents in what two states sued in 2009 to stop the nationwide practice of storing and conducting research on fetal blood samples?
(a) Kansas and Missouri.
(b) California and Washington.
(c) Minnesota and Texas.
(d) Oregon and New Jersey.

9. When Deborah took Rebecca Skloot to meet her brother Zakariyya, she reminded her that she should never make the mistake of calling him by what name?
(a) Joe.
(b) Jeremy.
(c) William.
(d) Jack.

10. Where did Rebecca and Deborah go after leaving Crownsville to look for more medical records on Elsie in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 33?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Annapolis.

11. Who was the cancer researcher at UCLA that removed John Moore's spleen?
(a) Emanuel Mandel.
(b) Victor McKusick.
(c) Henry Beecher.
(d) David Golde.

12. During what decade did most U.S. states begin mandating the screening of all newborn babies for genetic diseases?
(a) The 1990s.
(b) The 1970s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1980s.

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

14. What did the bathroom graffiti in the medical school restroom say that first inspired Michael Rogers to learn about HeLa cells and their background?
(a) Helen Lane Lives!
(b) I am HeLa!
(c) Who is HeLa?
(d) The Way of HeLa!

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act designed to prohibit?

2. Who was the president of the National Foundation for Cancer Research in 2001?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. What caused the death of David Lacks?

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