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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. When did the U.S.-led international war tribunal at Nuremberg sentence seven Nazi doctors to death for conducting unthinkable research on Jews without consent?
(a) April 10, 1941.
(b) February 5, 1951.
(c) August 20, 1947.
(d) January 29, 1951.

2. What was Hector Henry's nickname that he introduced himself as to Rebecca Skloot in Part One: Life, Chapter 10?
(a) Cliff.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Cootie.
(d) Joe.

3. How old was Henrietta Lacks when she became pregnant with her fifth child?
(a) 36.
(b) 42.
(c) 33.
(d) 29.

4. Who was the gynecologist that examined Henrietta Lacks when she first went to Johns Hopkins Hospital to have the knot in her womb seen?
(a) Dr. Roland Pattillo.
(b) Dr. Howard Jones.
(c) Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde.
(d) Dr. William Scherer.

5. What was the name of Deborah Lacks's first child?
(a) Alfred Carter.
(b) Harry Eagle.
(c) Fred Garret.
(d) Henry Harris.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Lawrence when he an Bobbette moved in together?

2. On what date did Henrietta marry David Lacks?

3. On what date did Joe Lacks murder Eldridge Lee Ivy?

4. Who discovered radium and its ability to destroy cancer cells?

5. On what date did Henrietta Lacks die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Henrietta respond to the treatment she received at Johns Hopkins for cancer? Why do you think that Henrietta Lacks did not question any of the treatment she received?

3. How does Mary Kubicek describe the instance when she first realized that Henrietta was "human" in Part Two: Death - Chapter 12?

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

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

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

7. How is Henrietta Lacks's early childhood described in the book? When and where was she born? Where did she grow up?

8. 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?

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

10. What precedent was set by the 1957 case of patient Martin Salgo?

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