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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Death – Chapters 12 - 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first time that live human cells were ever shipped via the U.S. Postal Service was when George Gey mailed HeLa cells to whom?
(a) Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde.
(b) Michael Rogers.
(c) Dr. Howard Jones.
(d) William Scherer.

2. On what date did Henrietta Lacks first go to Johns Hopkins to have the knot in her womb examined?
(a) February 5, 1951.
(b) January 29, 1951.
(c) April 10, 1941.
(d) October 4, 1951.

3. What was the birth name of Henrietta Lacks's fifth child?
(a) David Lacks.
(b) Joseph Lacks.
(c) Tommy Lacks.
(d) Edgar Lacks.

4. When was Alexis Carrel awarded the Nobel Prize for his blood-vessel-suturing technique?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1912.

5. Who dug Henrietta's grave in Clover?
(a) Johnny and Cootie.
(b) Walter and Jimmy.
(c) Tommy and David.
(d) Fred and Cliff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was it when a group of researchers at the National Institutes of Health had proven the possibility of immortal cells using mouse cells?

2. What nickname did Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde have at John's Hopkins in the 1950s?

3. How many chromosomes are contained in a human cell?

4. Who was the director of "Negro Activities" for the Tuskegee Institute when the HeLa Distribution Center was developed?

5. What was the name of Henrietta Lacks's father?

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