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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. What did the researcher at Johns Hopkins give to Deborah as she departed in the end of Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?
(a) A vial of HeLa cells.
(b) His cell phone number.
(c) An autographed picture.
(d) A book about HeLa cells.

2. Rebecca Skloot says in the Afterword that in 1999, the RAND Corporation published a report that estimated "conservatively" that how many tissue samples were stored in the United States alone?
(a) Over 620 million.
(b) Approximately 200 million.
(c) Nearly 100 million.
(d) Over 307 million.

3. Who was the young Johns Hopkins researcher that sent a gift to Deborah Lacks by way of Rebecca Skloot when Rebecca met Deborah for the first time?
(a) Christoph Lengauer.
(b) Dr. Howard Jones.
(c) George Gey.
(d) Terry Sharrer.

4. Who was the president of the National Foundation for Cancer Research in 2001?
(a) Walter Nelson-Rees.
(b) William Scherer.
(c) Franklin Salisbury, Jr.
(d) Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde.

5. What were the names of Deborah's grandsons who came along when Deborah took Rebecca Skloot to meet Zakariyya?
(a) Alfred and Davon.
(b) Gerald and Paul.
(c) Joe and Jimmy.
(d) Fred and Clarence.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Bobbette Lacks discover the truth about HeLa cells and their connection to Henrietta Lacks?

2. Who came with Deborah to Johns Hopkins to see Henrietta Lacks's cells?

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

4. How old was Dr. Howard Jones in 2009 when The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks went to press?

5. The researcher at Johns Hopkins that showed Deborah her mother's cells explained to her that Henrietta's cancer developed due to what virus?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Bobbette Lacks respond when she discovered the history of HeLa cells?

2. What statement does Rebecca Skloot make about the legality of Johns Hopkins' actions in Henrietta's case in the Afterword?

3. What did Deborah discover during her visit to her doctor after she returned from her research travels with Rebecca Skloot in 2001?

4. What did Rebecca Skloot and Deborah Lacks encounter when they first arrived at Crownsville in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 33?

5. What legal issues arose for the Lacks descendants in 2013? How were these issues resolved?

6. How does the author describe John Moore's illness in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 25? When did Moore first get sick?

7. What statement did Susan Hsu make about her interactions with the Lacks family when she was interviewed by Rebecca Skloot?

8. How does Rebecca Skloot describe the financial gains of George and Margaret Gey as a result of the cultivation of HeLa cells?

9. How effective do you think Rebecca Skloot was in giving a voice to the Lacks family in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks?

10. Based on Skloot's statements in the Afterword, what is the likelihood that your DNA is on file somewhere? Why?

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