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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 sentence was Joe Lacks given for the second-degree murder of Eldridge Lee Ivy?
3. What illness did Hector Henry suffer from during his childhood?
4. What researcher at the NIH used HeLa cells to develop the first standardized culture medium that could be made by the gallon and shipped ready to use?
5. Who coerced Deborah to continue at an all-girls' school after she became pregnant with her first child?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Henrietta meet David Lacks? How did their early relationship develop?
2. What was the objective for Dr. Richard TeLinde in using cancer cells and samples from Howard Jones in his research?
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 advancements and discoveries were made due to research using HeLa cells from 1960-1966?
5. What led up to Joe Lacks's imprisonment for second-degree murder?
6. What role did Bobbette take in the family after marrying Lawrence? Why?
7. How did Lawrence Lacks deal with the death of his mother? What led Lawrence into the military?
8. What did George Gey do with the HeLa cells that he obtained and cultured at his labs? What were Gey's objectives?
9. What did Henrietta's doctors at Johns Hopkins find during her repeated visits in June of 1951?
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
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 2
Discuss the depiction of Courtney Speed in the narrative. What was Courtney Speed's relationship with the Lacks family? How did Ms. Speed assist Rebecca Skloot in her research?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the qualities of HeLa cells. Why were HeLa cells different than other cells that researchers had attempted culturing in the past? What made HeLa cells invaluable to scientific progress?
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