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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. The author says in Part Two: Death, Chapter 13 that George Gey took HeLa cells with him to the Far East in 1953 in order to study what disease?
(a) Hemorrhagic fever.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Gonorrhea.
(d) Tuberculosis.

2. For how long was Chester Southam's medical license suspended due to "fraud or deceit and unprofessional conduct in the practice of medicine" after he'd injected unknowing patients with cancer cells?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 1 year.

3. Who was the director of "Negro Activities" for the Tuskegee Institute when the HeLa Distribution Center was developed?
(a) Roland Pattillo.
(b) William Scherer.
(c) Michael Rogers.
(d) Charles Bynum.

4. What term refers to the belief and practice which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population through selective reproduction?
(a) Necromancy.
(b) Eugenics.
(c) Virology.
(d) Ebonics.

5. For how long was Joe Lacks in the military before being discharged?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease nearly killed Henrietta's youngest son Joe not long after her death?

2. What date was inscribed to indicate when Henrietta's mother died on her tombstone?

3. Where was researcher Chester Southam the chief virologist in 1954 when he began injecting cancer patients with HeLa cells?

4. What extra chromosome appears in individuals with Down syndrome?

5. Alexis Carrel died while he was awaiting trial for what crime?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the name "Helen Lane" arise? How did the Lacks family feel about "Helen Lane"?

2. Who established the first distribution center for HeLa cells? Where was it established?

3. How does the author describe the setting of "Lacks Town" when she first visited in 1999?

4. How did Deborah Lacks respond to Rebecca Skloot when she first called her? What information did Rebecca learn from this call?

5. What did Henrietta's doctors at Johns Hopkins find during her repeated visits in June of 1951?

6. What were Mary Kubicek's impressions of HeLa cells when she first began observing them? What were George Gey's impressions of the cells?

7. What did George Gey do with the HeLa cells that he obtained and cultured at his labs? What were Gey's objectives?

8. What unethical actions were committed by virologist Chester Southam in his research with HeLa cells?

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

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

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