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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date does Rebecca Skloot describe driving to clover in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 38?
(a) October 11, 1996.
(b) January 18, 2009.
(c) July 9, 2010.
(d) March 25, 2008.

2. 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) Terry Sharrer.
(b) Christoph Lengauer.
(c) Dr. Howard Jones.
(d) George Gey.

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

4. Who is the molecular biologist that founded the Genetics and Public Policy Center at Johns Hopkins University?
(a) Fred Garret.
(b) Christoph Lengauer.
(c) Terry Sharrer.
(d) Kathy Hudson.

5. 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) 1997.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1999.

6. Where was Bobbette employed when she learned about Henrietta's connection to HeLa cells from Gardenia's brother-in-law?
(a) Costco.
(b) Baltimore City Hospital.
(c) Yale School of Medicine.
(d) Johns Hopkins Hospital.

7. In what year did President Clinton's National Bioethics Advisory Commission issue a report saying that federal oversight of tissue research was "inadequate" and "ambiguous"?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1999.

8. In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court rule on the case of Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1977.

9. 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?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1955.

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

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

12. What caused the death of David Lacks?
(a) Stroke.
(b) Injuries from a car accident.
(c) He was shot.
(d) Cancer.

13. What is the name of Deborah Lacks's daughter?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Ethel.
(c) Tonya.
(d) Sadie.

14. The researcher at Johns Hopkins that showed Deborah her mother's cells explained to her that Henrietta's cancer developed due to what virus?
(a) Abaca mosiac virus.
(b) Abelson murine leukemia virus.
(c) Human papillomavirus.
(d) Campoletis aprilis ichnovirus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the provost for research at Harvard University that argues in the Afterword that giving patients control over their tissues is shortsighted?

2. What did the doctor determine when Deborah saw him after her trip to clover in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 37?

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

4. Who was the president of the Henrietta Lacks Health History Museum Foundation, Inc., that was established in Turner Station?

5. What was Paul Lurz's position at Crownsville Hospital Center when Deborah and Rebecca visited in search of past records?

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