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

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

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

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

5. What did the researcher at Johns Hopkins give to Deborah as she departed in the end of Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?
(a) His cell phone number.
(b) A vial of HeLa cells.
(c) An autographed picture.
(d) A book about HeLa cells.

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

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

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

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

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

11. In what year did Bobbette Lacks discover the truth about HeLa cells and their connection to Henrietta Lacks?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1973.

12. Who was the president of the Henrietta Lacks Health History Museum Foundation, Inc., that was established in Turner Station?
(a) Roland Pattillo.
(b) Courtney Speed.
(c) Michael Rogers.
(d) Joseph Lacks.

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

14. 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) 1999.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1992.

15. 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?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 32,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 17,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court rule on the case of Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty?

2. In what year did John Moore die?

3. On what date was Deborah Lacks scheduled to depart for her engagement speaking at a conference at the National Foundation for Cancer Research?

4. How old was Deborah Lacks when the researchers from Johns Hopkins came to draw blood for DNA analysis of Henrietta's husband and children?

5. 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?

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