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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. 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 307 million.
(b) Nearly 100 million.
(c) Over 620 million.
(d) Approximately 200 million.

2. What color were the HeLa cells tinted that Deborah observed at Johns Hopkins in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

3. What is the name of Deborah Lacks's daughter?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Ethel.
(c) Tonya.
(d) Sadie.

4. When Deborah took Rebecca Skloot to meet her brother Zakariyya, she reminded her that she should never make the mistake of calling him by what name?
(a) Jeremy.
(b) William.
(c) Jack.
(d) Joe.

5. What was the population at the asylum of Crownsville Hospital when Elsie died in 1955?
(a) 3,200.
(b) 956.
(c) 2,700.
(d) 1,230.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What organization created the Belmont Report?

3. Where was Bobbette employed when she learned about Henrietta's connection to HeLa cells from Gardenia's brother-in-law?

4. How old was Deborah's grandson Alfred when Deborah Lacks died?

5. Who was the cancer researcher at UCLA that removed John Moore's spleen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When did Deborah Lacks die? What is significant about the timing of her death in Rebecca Skloot's narrative?

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

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

6. What concerns did Deborah Lacks present to Rebecca Skloot during their first in-person meeting? What were Deborah's fears about HeLa cells and their use?

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

8. What information did Rebecca and Deborah discover about Elsie and the conditions she lived in at Crownsville in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 33?

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

10. What did Cousin Gary do in order to calm down Deborah in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 35?

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