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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 Dr. Howard Jones in 2009 when The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks went to press?
2. On what date does Rebecca Skloot describe driving to clover in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 38?
3. What did the researcher at Johns Hopkins give to Deborah as she departed in the end of Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?
4. In what year did Deborah Lacks marry James Pullum?
5. In what year was the Coalition for Genetic Fairness formed by several patient and civil rights groups to spearhead genetic nondiscrimination legislation on Capitol Hill?
Short Essay Questions
1. What caused Deborah Lacks anxiety after her blood sample was collected by Johns Hopkins in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 23?
2. What did Cousin Gary do in order to calm down Deborah in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 35?
3. What legal options does Rebecca Skloot describe for the Lacks family in the Afterword?
4. How did Bobbette Lacks respond when she discovered the history of HeLa cells?
5. What legal issues arose for the Lacks descendants in 2013? How were these issues resolved?
6. What did Deborah discover during her visit to her doctor after she returned from her research travels with Rebecca Skloot in 2001?
7. What did Rebecca Skloot and Deborah Lacks encounter when they first arrived at Crownsville in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 33?
8. What statement did Susan Hsu make about her interactions with the Lacks family when she was interviewed by Rebecca Skloot?
9. What treatment did John Moore receive from the medical center at UCLA?
10. How does the author describe John Moore's illness in Part Three: Immortality – Chapter 25? When did Moore first get sick?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the theme of poverty in the narrative. What role did poverty play in the lives of the Lacks family? How does the author juxtapose this poverty with the successes of HeLa?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the impact of Henrietta's death on Zakariyya in the narrative. How did Zakariyya feel about George Gey? Why? What helped to change Zakariyya's impressions of the scientific community? How?
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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