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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Henrietta Lacks's epileptic daughter when she died?
(a) 15.
(b) 19.
(c) 12.
(d) 32.

2. What did Joe Lacks change his name to after he converted to Islam in prison?
(a) Johnny Pleasant.
(b) Andrew Robertson.
(c) Ayman al-Zawahiri.
(d) Zakariyya Bari Abdul Rahman.

3. Cervical carcinomas are divided into two types. What are these types?
(a) Internal and external.
(b) Radiant and specialized.
(c) Sedentary and biological.
(d) Invasive and noninvasive.

4. When was Johns Hopkins Hospital founded?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1798.

5. How old was Lawrence when he an Bobbette moved in together?
(a) 24.
(b) 18.
(c) 19.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. What image did Mary Kubicek describe to the author as having instilled in her the realization that Henrietta Lacks was "a real person" in Part Two: Death, Chapter 12?

2. What was the population of Clover, Virginia, in 1998?

3. What was Hector Henry's nickname that he introduced himself as to Rebecca Skloot in Part One: Life, Chapter 10?

4. What was the name of Henrietta Lacks's father?

5. How did Joe Lacks murder Eldridge Lee Ivy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do you think Henrietta Lacks's life would have been different if her mother had not died when Henrietta was still a child? Why?

2. What was the objective for Dr. Richard TeLinde in using cancer cells and samples from Howard Jones in his research?

3. How did the doctors at Johns Hopkins treat Henrietta Lacks after her recurrence of cancer in June of 1951?

4. How does the author describe the actions of Ethel and Galen in the narrative? What relationship did Ethel and Galen have to the Lackses?

5. How did Henrietta meet David Lacks? How did their early relationship develop?

6. What role did Bobbette take in the family after marrying Lawrence? Why?

7. What diagnosis did the doctors from Johns Hopkins reach regarding Henrietta's condition after her first visit? What treatment was available at this time for her condition?

8. What led up to Joe Lacks's imprisonment for second-degree murder?

9. What was discovered during Henrietta Lacks's autopsy? Where had Henrietta's cancer spread?

10. What advancements and discoveries were made due to research using HeLa cells from 1960-1966?

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