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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Life - Chapters 6 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the 1976 Rolling Stone article about the Lackses?
(a) Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde.
(b) Fred Garret.
(c) Michael Rogers.
(d) Roland Pattillo.

2. What nickname did Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde have at John's Hopkins in the 1950s?
(a) Uncle Dick.
(b) Father Richard.
(c) Mussolini.
(d) Bugs Bunny.

3. How old did Roland Pattillo say that Henrietta Lacks's husband was now, when Rebecca Skloot first contacted him to discuss Henrietta?
(a) 95.
(b) 77.
(c) 92.
(d) 84.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the gynecologist that examined Henrietta Lacks when she first went to Johns Hopkins Hospital to have the knot in her womb seen?

2. On what date did Henrietta Lacks first go to Johns Hopkins to have the knot in her womb examined?

3. Where was Henrietta Lacks born?

4. How old was Henrietta Lacks when she became pregnant with her fifth child?

5. What illness did Hector Henry suffer from during his childhood?

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