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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Immortality – Chapters 33 - 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in the book that by the time Keenan Kester Cofield contacted the Lacks family, he was already banned from filing lawsuits in how many countries?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

2. Who was the director of "Negro Activities" for the Tuskegee Institute when the HeLa Distribution Center was developed?
(a) Roland Pattillo.
(b) Charles Bynum.
(c) William Scherer.
(d) Michael Rogers.

3. What term refers to the belief and practice which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population through selective reproduction?
(a) Virology.
(b) Eugenics.
(c) Ebonics.
(d) Necromancy.

4. What image did Mary Kubicek describe to the author as having instilled in her the realization that Henrietta Lacks was "a real person" in Part Two: Death, Chapter 12?
(a) Henrietta's wedding ring.
(b) Smeared lipstick.
(c) A pearl-encased locket.
(d) Chipped red toenail polish.

5. On what date was Deborah Lacks scheduled to depart for her engagement speaking at a conference at the National Foundation for Cancer Research?
(a) October 11, 1996.
(b) September 11, 2001.
(c) July 9, 2000.
(d) March 25, 2002.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the preacher that led Rebecca Skloot to Speed's Grocery in Part One: Life, Chapter 9?

2. Who dug Henrietta's grave in Clover?

3. When did the U.S.-led international war tribunal at Nuremberg sentence seven Nazi doctors to death for conducting unthinkable research on Jews without consent?

4. What gift did Deborah give to Zakariyya when she took Rebecca to meet him in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 30?

5. How old did Roland Pattillo say that Henrietta Lacks's husband was now, when Rebecca Skloot first contacted him to discuss Henrietta?

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