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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the population at the asylum of Crownsville Hospital when Elsie died in 1955?
(a) 3,200.
(b) 2,700.
(c) 1,230.
(d) 956.

2. What comparison did the researcher at Johns Hopkins make for a person's cells and their rights to a portion of the profits for those cells in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?
(a) He compared cells to sand.
(b) He compared cells to food.
(c) He compared cells to water.
(d) He compared cells to oil.

3. How old was Deborah's grandson Alfred when Deborah Lacks died?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

4. Who is described in the Afterword as "the Nobel Prize-winning researcher who used Ted Slavin's antibodies for hepatitis B research"?
(a) Baruch Blumberg.
(b) Judith Greenburg.
(c) Howard Jones.
(d) Christoph Lengauer.

5. What is the name of Deborah Lacks's daughter?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Sadie.
(c) Ethel.
(d) Tonya.

6. In what year did John Moore die?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2005.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2009.

7. What did the bathroom graffiti in the medical school restroom say that first inspired Michael Rogers to learn about HeLa cells and their background?
(a) I am HeLa!
(b) The Way of HeLa!
(c) Helen Lane Lives!
(d) Who is HeLa?

8. When Deborah took Rebecca Skloot to meet her brother Zakariyya, she reminded her that she should never make the mistake of calling him by what name?
(a) Jack.
(b) Joe.
(c) Jeremy.
(d) William.

9. What was the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act designed to prohibit?
(a) It prohibits the publication of personal data.
(b) It prohibits research on cells without informed consent.
(c) It prohibits the use of genetic information in health insurance and employment.
(d) It prohibits the taking of cells without consent.

10. In what year did Bobbette Lacks discover the truth about HeLa cells and their connection to Henrietta Lacks?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1980.

11. When was the Belmont Report issued?
(a) July 9, 2000.
(b) September 30, 1978.
(c) October 11, 1996.
(d) September 29, 1970.

12. Who is the director of the Diagnostic Molecular Pathology Lab oratory at the University of California, Los Angeles, cited by the author in the Afterword?
(a) Christoph Lengauer.
(b) Baruch Blumberg.
(c) Wayne Grody.
(d) Judith Greenburg.

13. When was the Declaration of Helsinki originally adopted?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1967.

14. Who is the director of the Division of Genetics and Developmental Biology at the National Institute of General Medical Science that is quoted in the Afterword?
(a) Christoph Lengauer.
(b) Baruch Blumberg.
(c) Roland Pattillo.
(d) Judith Greenburg.

15. When was Micheal Rogers's article about the Lacks family published?
(a) June 30, 1974.
(b) September 29, 1980.
(c) September 29, 1977.
(d) March 25, 1976.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date was Deborah Lacks scheduled to depart for her engagement speaking at a conference at the National Foundation for Cancer Research?

2. Who is the director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt that the author cites in the Afterword?

3. Why did Paul Lurz say that the earlier records from Crownville Hospital Center had been destroyed?

4. What realization did Deborah make when speaking with the researcher at Johns Hopkins in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?

5. What caused the death of David Lacks?

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