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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What publication did Michael Rogers write for when he came to interview the Lackses?
(a) People.
(b) Time.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) Rolling Stone.

2. 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) Jack.
(b) William.
(c) Jeremy.
(d) Joe.

3. How old was Deborah's Cousin Gary when he died of a heart attack?
(a) 52.
(b) 59.
(c) 62.
(d) 71.

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

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

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

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

8. In what year did John Moore die?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2009.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2005.

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

10. 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 book about HeLa cells.
(c) A vial of HeLa cells.
(d) An autographed picture.

11. Who was the judge that oversaw John Moore's initial case against UCLA?
(a) Judge Howard Jones.
(b) Judge Henry Beecher.
(c) Judge Joseph Wapner.
(d) Judge Emanuel Mandel.

12. 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) Roland Pattillo.
(c) Michael Rogers.
(d) Terry Sharrer.

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

14. What example does the author give in the Afterword of a corporation that pays the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Duke University Medical Center and others undisclosed amounts of money for exclusive access to tissues collected from their patients?
(a) Pfizer.
(b) Novartis.
(c) Ardais.
(d) GlaxoSmithKline.

15. 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) Campoletis aprilis ichnovirus.
(b) Human papillomavirus.
(c) Abelson murine leukemia virus.
(d) Abaca mosiac virus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who prayed with Deborah and brought her down from her manic state in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 35?

2. Who was the renowned geneticist that founded the world's first human genetics department at Johns Hopkins?

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

4. On what date did the law go into effect that required IRB approval and informed consent for all federally funded research?

5. Who is the director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt that the author cites in the Afterword?

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