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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Immortality – Chapters 28 - 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What best-selling book did Alexis Carrel publish that criticized an "error" in the U.S. Constitution of equality for all people?
(a) Man, the Unknown.
(b) Man and Superman.
(c) Lights Out.
(d) An Error of Cells.

2. In what year did the term "informed consent" first appear in court documents regarding the case of patient Martin Salgo?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1957.

3. How much blood did Henrietta's cousin Emmett and his friends donate when they heard Henrietta was in need of transfusions at the hospital?
(a) 8 pints.
(b) 5 pints.
(c) 2 pints.
(d) 10 pints.

4. Where did Roland Pattillo grow up?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Georgia.

5. What realization did Deborah make when speaking with the researcher at Johns Hopkins in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?
(a) She realized that her mother's cells were not malignant.
(b) She realized that all HeLa cells were cancerous.
(c) She realized that her mother did not die.
(d) She realized that Rebecca Skloot was writing a book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the 1976 Rolling Stone article about the Lackses?

2. What was the name of the BBC documentary that Courtney Speed borrowed from the library to show to Rebecca Skloot when she visited Turner Station?

3. How old was Henrietta Lacks's epileptic daughter when she died?

4. How many people does Rebecca Skloot estimate that Chester Southam injected with living cancer cells during his career?

5. What nickname did Deborah Lacks have within her family?

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