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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 was the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act passed in the United States?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2008.
(d) 1999.
2. Who is described in the Afterword as "the Nobel Prize-winning researcher who used Ted Slavin's antibodies for hepatitis B research"?
(a) Judith Greenburg.
(b) Howard Jones.
(c) Baruch Blumberg.
(d) Christoph Lengauer.
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) Terry Sharrer.
(c) George Gey.
(d) Dr. Howard Jones.
4. What sentence did Deborah's son Alfred Carter, Jr. receive for robbery with a dangerous and deadly weapon and first-degree assault with a handgun?
(a) 40 years in prison.
(b) 30 years in prison.
(c) 10 years in prison.
(d) 50 years in prison.
5. Who was the founder of the biomedical ethics center at the University of Iowa?
(a) Baruch Blumberg.
(b) Christoph Lengauer.
(c) Judith Greenburg.
(d) Robert Weir.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did Roland Pattillo grow up?
2. What was Paul Lurz's position at Crownsville Hospital Center when Deborah and Rebecca visited in search of past records?
3. Who was the renowned geneticist that founded the world's first human genetics department at Johns Hopkins?
4. When was Micheal Rogers's article about the Lacks family published?
5. Who is the director of the Diagnostic Molecular Pathology Lab oratory at the University of California, Los Angeles, cited by the author in the Afterword?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Cousin Gary do in order to calm down Deborah in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 35?
2. How did Deborah's behavior change after her visit to Crownsville with Rebecca?
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. Why did Deborah Lacks fail to attend the Foundation for Cancer Research's event dedicated to her mother in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 37?
6. How were Deborah and Zakariyya affected by their meeting with Christoph Lengauer at Johns Hopkins?
7. How does the author describe John Moore's illness in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 25? When did Moore first get sick?
8. What caused Deborah Lacks anxiety after her blood sample was collected by Johns Hopkins in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 23?
9. What gift did Rebecca Skloot give to Deborah Lacks when she first met her in person? How did Deborah respond?
10. What information did Rebecca and Deborah discover about Elsie and the conditions she lived in at Crownsville in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 33?
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