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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. Alexis Carrel died while he was awaiting trial for what crime?
2. Where did Henrietta live with her grandfather growing up after her mother died?
3. What was the name of Deborah Lacks's first child?
4. What nickname did Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde have at John's Hopkins in the 1950s?
5. What illness did Hector Henry suffer from during his childhood?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How did Lawrence Lacks deal with the death of his mother? What led Lawrence into the military?
3. 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?
4. What was discovered during Henrietta Lacks's autopsy? Where had Henrietta's cancer spread?
5. Who established the first distribution center for HeLa cells? Where was it established?
6. What led up to Joe Lacks's imprisonment for second-degree murder?
7. What precedent was set by the 1957 case of patient Martin Salgo?
8. Where did the name "Helen Lane" arise? How did the Lacks family feel about "Helen Lane"?
9. How did Henrietta meet David Lacks? How did their early relationship develop?
10. What led to the trial against Southam and Mendel? What sentence did the men receive?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the actions of the professionals at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the narrative. What unethical actions were committed by the professionals of this institution? How were these actions unethical?
Essay Topic 2
How does the author depict the repercussions of the loss of a parent in the narrative? How do you think Henrietta's life would have differed if her mother had lived? How would Deborah's life have been changed?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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