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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. During what decade did most U.S. states begin mandating the screening of all newborn babies for genetic diseases?
2. Who is the director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology at the Illinois Institute of Technology that is cited in the Afterword?
3. How did Deborah describe Cootie's death to Rebecca in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 38?
4. At what pharmaceutical company was Christoph Lengauer the Global Head of Oncology at in 2009?
5. Rebecca Skloot states in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 24 that a search of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database shows how many patents involving HeLa cells?
Short Essay Questions
1. How were Deborah and Zakariyya affected by their meeting with Christoph Lengauer at Johns Hopkins?
2. What statement does Rebecca Skloot make about the legality of Johns Hopkins' actions in Henrietta's case in the Afterword?
3. When did Deborah Lacks die? What is significant about the timing of her death in Rebecca Skloot's narrative?
4. What treatment did John Moore receive from the medical center at UCLA?
5. What statement did Susan Hsu make about her interactions with the Lacks family when she was interviewed by Rebecca Skloot?
6. What factors contributed to the Lacks family's distrust of Rebecca and of the scientific community?
7. What information did Rebecca and Deborah discover about Elsie and the conditions she lived in at Crownsville in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 33?
8. What caused Deborah Lacks anxiety after her blood sample was collected by Johns Hopkins in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 23?
9. How does the author describe her meeting with Zakariyya in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 30?
10. How does Rebecca Skloot describe the financial gains of George and Margaret Gey as a result of the cultivation of HeLa cells?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the themes of abuse, family, and loss in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. What symbolism and imagery support these themes? What abuses were suffered by the Lacks family? How did the family members cope with grief and loss?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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