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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. How old was Henrietta Lacks when she became pregnant with her fifth child?
2. What is described in Part Two: Death, Chapter 13 as "an essential part of science"?
3. On what date did Joe Lacks murder Eldridge Lee Ivy?
4. What disease nearly killed Henrietta's youngest son Joe not long after her death?
5. What did Joe Lacks change his name to after he converted to Islam in prison?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was discovered during Henrietta Lacks's autopsy? Where had Henrietta's cancer spread?
2. What led up to Joe Lacks's imprisonment for second-degree murder?
3. What did Henrietta's doctors at Johns Hopkins find during her repeated visits in June of 1951?
4. How did Henrietta respond to the treatment she received at Johns Hopkins for cancer? Why do you think that Henrietta Lacks did not question any of the treatment she received?
5. What led to the trial against Southam and Mendel? What sentence did the men receive?
6. How is Henrietta Lacks's early childhood described in the book? When and where was she born? Where did she grow up?
7. How do you think Henrietta Lacks's life would have been different if her mother had not died when Henrietta was still a child? Why?
8. What advancements and discoveries were made due to research using HeLa cells from 1960-1966?
9. How does Mary Kubicek describe the instance when she first realized that Henrietta was "human" in Part Two: Death - Chapter 12?
10. What were Mary Kubicek's impressions of HeLa cells when she first began observing them? What were George Gey's impressions of the cells?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the case of John Moore. What was the final outcome of Moore's lawsuit against UCLA and Dr. Golde? What precedents were set by this case? How does Moore's case relate to the Lackses'?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the impact of Henrietta's death on Zakariyya in the narrative. How did Zakariyya feel about George Gey? Why? What helped to change Zakariyya's impressions of the scientific community? How?
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