The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Rebecca Skloot
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Rebecca Skloot
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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. For how long was Joe Lacks in the military before being discharged?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 9 months.

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 food.
(b) He compared cells to sand.
(c) He compared cells to oil.
(d) He compared cells to water.

3. Who coerced Deborah to continue at an all-girls' school after she became pregnant with her first child?
(a) Sadie.
(b) Bobbette.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Ethel.

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

5. 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?
(a) HeLa: Woman Behind the Mask.
(b) The Way of All Flesh.
(c) An Error of Cells.
(d) Man, the Unknown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the young Johns Hopkins researcher that sent a gift to Deborah Lacks by way of Rebecca Skloot when Rebecca met Deborah for the first time?

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

3. What discovery did the researchers make after sending HeLa cells into space in the 1960s?

4. The researcher at Johns Hopkins that showed Deborah her mother's cells explained to her that Henrietta's cancer developed due to what virus?

5. What was Hector Henry's nickname that he introduced himself as to Rebecca Skloot in Part One: Life, Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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