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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 was the central reason that the HeLa factory was developed?
2. When did Alexis Carrel grow an "immortal chicken heart"?
3. When was Alexis Carrel awarded the Nobel Prize for his blood-vessel-suturing technique?
4. How old was Henrietta Lacks when she became pregnant with her fifth child?
5. What image did Mary Kubicek describe to the author as having instilled in her the realization that Henrietta Lacks was "a real person" in Part Two: Death, Chapter 12?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was discovered during Henrietta Lacks's autopsy? Where had Henrietta's cancer spread?
2. 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?
3. What illness was contracted within the Lacks family after Henrietta's death? How were they affected by this illness?
4. How is Henrietta Lacks's funeral described in Part Two: Death? Who attended Henrietta's funeral? Where was she buried?
5. 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?
6. What did Henrietta's doctors at Johns Hopkins find during her repeated visits in June of 1951?
7. What advancements and discoveries were made due to research using HeLa cells from 1960-1966?
8. How does Mary Kubicek describe the instance when she first realized that Henrietta was "human" in Part Two: Death - Chapter 12?
9. What unethical actions were committed by virologist Chester Southam in his research with HeLa cells?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Describe and discuss some of the beliefs that African Americans have had historically about doctors, research, and hospitals. What was the basis of these beliefs? What evidence is there that there was truth to some of these beliefs?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the plot structure of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. How has the author structured the story? How would you compare the structure of this book with fictional narratives? How does the author develop suspense in the story?
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