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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 Deborah Lacks when she became pregnant with her first child?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

2. 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) August 20, 1947.
(c) January 29, 1951.
(d) February 5, 1951.

3. When did Alexis Carrel grow an "immortal chicken heart"?
(a) August 1, 1920.
(b) January 17, 1912.
(c) January 29, 1951.
(d) April 10, 1926.

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

5. How old was Deborah Lacks when Rebecca Skloot first called her to talk about her mother?
(a) Almost 50.
(b) Almost 60.
(c) Almost 30.
(d) Almost 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described in Part Two: Death, Chapter 13 as "an essential part of science"?

2. What year was it when a group of researchers at the National Institutes of Health had proven the possibility of immortal cells using mouse cells?

3. What did Joe Lacks change his name to after he converted to Islam in prison?

4. What was the nickname of Henrietta's cousin that tried to kill himself when he found out that Henrietta was marrying David?

5. For how long was Joe Lacks in the military before being discharged?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How were tissue samples obtained following Henrietta Lacks's death? Why were they obtained?

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

5. What illness was contracted within the Lacks family after Henrietta's death? How were they affected by this illness?

6. How did Lawrence Lacks deal with the death of his mother? What led Lawrence into the military?

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

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

9. How is Henrietta Lacks's funeral described in Part Two: Death? Who attended Henrietta's funeral? Where was she buried?

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

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