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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Immortality – Chapters 23 - 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Henrietta Lacks's epileptic daughter when she died?
(a) 12.
(b) 19.
(c) 32.
(d) 15.

2. What war was Lawrence Lacks drafted into after lying about his age to get into pool halls?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Afghanistan War.
(d) The Vietnam War.

3. 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) Helen Lane Lives!
(b) Who is HeLa?
(c) The Way of HeLa!
(d) I am HeLa!

4. What type of cancer had John Moore developed at the age of thirty-one?
(a) Hairy-cell leukemia.
(b) Basal Cell Carcinoma.
(c) Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
(d) Burkitt Lymphoma.

5. Who were the two British scientists that fused HeLa cells with mouse cells, creating the first human-animal hybrids?
(a) Henry Harris and John Watkins.
(b) Marie and Pierre Curie.
(c) Roland Pattillo and Michael Rogers.
(d) Alexis Carrel and Jonas Salk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What extra chromosome appears in individuals with Down syndrome?

2. Where was researcher Chester Southam the chief virologist in 1954 when he began injecting cancer patients with HeLa cells?

3. When did Joe Lacks turn himself into the police for the murder of Eldridge Lee Ivy?

4. When was the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act passed in the United States?

5. What did Joe Lacks change his name to after he converted to Islam in prison?

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