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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the doctor determine when Deborah saw him after her trip to clover in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 37?
(a) Her blood pressure and blood sugar were extremely high.
(b) She was epileptic and had suffered a concussion.
(c) She had cervical cancer.
(d) She was schizophrenic.

2. How many years in prison did Zakariyya serve of his sentence before he was released for his second-degree murder conviction?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 12 years.

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) Cliff.
(c) Davon.
(d) Alfred.

4. What color were the HeLa cells tinted that Deborah observed at Johns Hopkins in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

5. What were the names of Deborah's grandsons who came along when Deborah took Rebecca Skloot to meet Zakariyya?
(a) Fred and Clarence.
(b) Gerald and Paul.
(c) Joe and Jimmy.
(d) Alfred and Davon.

6. When did Deborah Lacks officially divorce Reverend Pullum?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2006.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2012.

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

8. 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) Christoph Lengauer.
(b) Dr. Howard Jones.
(c) Baruch Blumberg.
(d) Lori Andrews.

9. Who was the curator at the Smithsonian Museum of American History that invited the Lacks family to an event at the museum?
(a) Walter Nelson-Rees.
(b) Terry Sharrer.
(c) Roland Pattillo.
(d) Michael Rogers.

10. On what date was Deborah Lacks scheduled to depart for her engagement speaking at a conference at the National Foundation for Cancer Research?
(a) October 11, 1996.
(b) September 11, 2001.
(c) March 25, 2002.
(d) July 9, 2000.

11. When was the Human Genome Project begun?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1967.

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

13. 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) Baruch Blumberg.
(c) Christoph Lengauer.
(d) Judith Greenburg.

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

15. As of the book's publication in 2009, over how many scientific articles had been published about research done on HeLa?
(a) Over 80,000.
(b) Over 100,000.
(c) Over 60,000.
(d) Over 70,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Roland Pattillo grow up?

2. Parents in what two states sued in 2009 to stop the nationwide practice of storing and conducting research on fetal blood samples?

3. In what year did Bobbette Lacks discover the truth about HeLa cells and their connection to Henrietta Lacks?

4. When was the Washington Post article dated that was titled "Overcrowded Hospital 'Loses' Curable Patients" and given to Rebecca to read at Crownville Hospital Center?

5. 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?

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