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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author says his heart was in what?
(a) Veterinary medicine.
(b) Pediatrics.
(c) Laboratory work.
(d) Clinical work.

2. What question arose from the study of these two genes?
(a) What other types of genes can cause cancer?
(b) Why do people still get cancer?
(c) If two of these types of genes were not sufficient to create cancer, how many would it take?
(d) What are other causes of cancer?

3. The trend also raised questions regarding what?
(a) The amount of soot that the chimney sweeps carried home with them under the surface of their skin.
(b) The activities of these wealthy men.
(c) The secret lives of chimney sweeps.
(d) The hazardous work done by the poor.

4. By the early _________, cancer researchers had split into three feuding camps.
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1970s.

5. After the introduction of the Pap smear came the clinical trials for what?
(a) Testicular exams.
(b) Mammograms.
(c) Eye exams.
(d) HIV tests.

Short Answer Questions

1. It was a risky prediction to attempt to verify untested theories through what?

2. The theory showed how soot, radiation, cigarette smoke and other outside insults could cause cancer by doing what?

3. At the clinic they would run clinical trials and focus on what?

4. In Spring 2005, Mukherjee had to make a decision. What was this decision?

5. The author discusses lab work, theories, experiments and the potential ____________ causes related to cancer.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the oncomouse? Was this successful? Why or why not?

2. Who were the successors of Theodor Boveri?

3. Who was George Papanicolaou? How was his work important?

4. How did the quest for the cure for cancer undergo a drastic reorganization in 1976?

5. What is Genentech? How is this company important?

6. What is the role of a laboratory scientist? What type of people are suited for this work?

7. How did the tide begin to turn regarding Americans' view smoking?

8. How did the discovery of scrotal cancer help children?

9. Mukherjee discusses the successes of others in this story. Why does he credit the survival of patients to the work of those in the 1950s and 1960s?

10. Who was Oscar Auerbach? What role did he play in connecting lung cancer to tobacco? Was he a good choice? Why or why not?

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