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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6: The Fruits of Long Endeavors; Atossa's War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Phyllis Clauson said she felt that the world needed to know what?
(a) People could live with cancer.
(b) Gustafson was still alive and that the treatment all those years ago had been successful.
(c) Gustafson was a real person.
(d) Gustafson had never had cancer.

2. Phyllis Clauson writes to the Jimmy Fund about her brother, ____________, the real "Jimmy."
(a) Jimmy John.
(b) James Gustafson.
(c) Einar Gustafson.
(d) Jimmy Gustafson.

3. In London, the socialized health program required that all doctors be registered with the government. Deaths were noted, as were their causes. Smokers were also noted in reports. Describe the results of the studies conducted from those reports.
(a) Conclusive.
(b) Somewhat conclusive.
(c) Very conclusive.
(d) Inconclusive.

4. Orman was diagnosed with what?
(a) Kaposi Sarcoma.
(b) Hodgkin's lymphoma.
(c) Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
(d) Basal Cell Carcinoma.

5. In 1937 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the ________________ Act.
(a) American Cancer Institute.
(b) National Cancer Center.
(c) National Cancer Institute.
(d) American Cancer Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. The mouse embodied what?

2. Virchow began to notice uncontrolled growth of cells. Virchow referred to this as _____________ or distorted growth.

3. The trend also raised questions regarding what?

4. In the shadow of Albert's death, Mary Lasker's cancer campaign took on a _______________ tone.

5. The choice between the two paths is ______________.

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