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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What sentence was Joe Lacks given for the second-degree murder of Eldridge Lee Ivy?
2. How many chromosomes are contained in a human cell?
3. On what date did Joe Lacks murder Eldridge Lee Ivy?
4. For how long was Joe Lacks in the military before being discharged?
5. Where did Chester Southam advertise for medical research volunteers in May of 1956?
Short Essay Questions
1. What advancements did Alexis Carrel achieve in medical progress during his career?
2. How is Henrietta Lacks's funeral described in Part Two: Death? Who attended Henrietta's funeral? Where was she buried?
3. What advancements and discoveries were made due to research using HeLa cells from 1960-1966?
4. How is Henrietta Lacks's early childhood described in the book? When and where was she born? Where did she grow up?
5. What unethical actions were committed by virologist Chester Southam in his research with HeLa cells?
6. What diagnosis did the doctors from Johns Hopkins reach regarding Henrietta's condition after her first visit? What treatment was available at this time for her condition?
7. What precedent was set by the 1957 case of patient Martin Salgo?
8. How were tissue samples obtained following Henrietta Lacks's death? Why were they obtained?
9. How does the author describe Courtney Speed in the narrative? What business(es) did Ms. Speed run at the time the author first met her?
10. Where did the name "Helen Lane" arise? How did the Lacks family feel about "Helen Lane"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the impact of the Nuremberg Trials on medicine, science, and research. What regulations and standards arose as a result of the Nuremberg Trials?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the impact of the Rolling Stones article that focused on the Lacks family in the 1970s. How did this article impact the family? How did Americans respond to the article? Why?
Essay Topic 3
When and where was the HeLa Factory established? What was its mission? Who was behind its development? What is the status of the HeLa Factory today?
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