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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 was the name of the cell line that was developed and marketed using John Moore's cells?
(a) N1.
(b) JoMo.
(c) 243.
(d) Mo.

2. In what year did members of the Native American Havasupai Tribe sue Arizona State University for using tissue samples from the tribe to study schizophrenia and inbreeding?
(a) 2005.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2007.

3. What comparison did the researcher at Johns Hopkins make for a person's cells and their rights to a portion of the profits for those cells in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?
(a) He compared cells to water.
(b) He compared cells to sand.
(c) He compared cells to oil.
(d) He compared cells to food.

4. Who is the director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt that the author cites in the Afterword?
(a) Ellen Wright Clayton.
(b) Christoph Lengauer.
(c) Baruch Blumberg.
(d) Judith Greenburg.

5. What did the doctor determine when Deborah saw him after her trip to clover in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 37?
(a) She had cervical cancer.
(b) She was schizophrenic.
(c) Her blood pressure and blood sugar were extremely high.
(d) She was epileptic and had suffered a concussion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Michael Rogers that Henrietta Lacks was actually the name of the patient whose cells became known as HeLa cells?

2. Who was the judge that oversaw John Moore's initial case against UCLA?

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

4. 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?

5. What gift did Deborah give to Zakariyya when she took Rebecca to meet him in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe her meeting with Zakariyya in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 30?

2. What caused Deborah Lacks anxiety after her blood sample was collected by Johns Hopkins in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 23?

3. Discuss the actions of the doctors at Johns Hopkins in obtaining blood samples for research from the Lacks family. What was unethical about these actions?

4. What legal options does Rebecca Skloot describe for the Lacks family in the Afterword?

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

6. What gift did Rebecca Skloot give to Deborah Lacks when she first met her in person? How did Deborah respond?

7. What agreement was made between Rebecca Skloot and Deborah Lacks regarding compensation for the publication of the book?

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

9. How were Deborah and Zakariyya affected by their meeting with Christoph Lengauer at Johns Hopkins?

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

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