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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 did Joe Lacks murder Eldridge Lee Ivy?
2. What was the birth name of Henrietta Lacks's fifth child?
3. What year was it when a group of researchers at the National Institutes of Health had proven the possibility of immortal cells using mouse cells?
4. What was the first publication to name the woman behind the HeLa cells in 1953?
5. What nickname did Deborah Lacks have within her family?
Short Essay Questions
1. What led to the trial against Southam and Mendel? What sentence did the men receive?
2. How is Henrietta Lacks's early childhood described in the book? When and where was she born? Where did she grow up?
3. What unethical actions were committed by virologist Chester Southam in his research with HeLa cells?
4. What role did Bobbette take in the family after marrying Lawrence? Why?
5. Who is Roland Pattillo, and why did Rebecca Skloot contact him regarding the Lacks family? How did Pattillo respond to Rebecca's inquiries?
6. Who established the first distribution center for HeLa cells? Where was it established?
7. What did Henrietta's doctors at Johns Hopkins find during her repeated visits in June of 1951?
8. What illness was contracted within the Lacks family after Henrietta's death? How were they affected by this illness?
9. What advancements and discoveries were made due to research using HeLa cells from 1960-1966?
10. What did George Gey do with the HeLa cells that he obtained and cultured at his labs? What were Gey's objectives?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the case of Ted Slavin. What discovery did Ted Slavin make regarding his cells? Who assisted Ted Slavin in his endeavors? How did Slavin's situation differ from that of Henrietta Lacks?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the laws and regulations that have been implemented in the United States since 1951 to protect patients like Henrietta Lacks. If Henrietta were hospitalized today, would she have faced a different system? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the impact of the Nuremberg Trials on medicine, science, and research. What regulations and standards arose as a result of the Nuremberg Trials?
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