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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. How old was Henrietta Lacks when she became pregnant with her fifth child?
(a) 42.
(b) 36.
(c) 29.
(d) 33.

2. Cervical carcinomas are divided into two types. What are these types?
(a) Invasive and noninvasive.
(b) Radiant and specialized.
(c) Internal and external.
(d) Sedentary and biological.

3. What radio horror show in the 1930s related the fictional story of a Dr. Alberts who created an immortal chicken heart that overcame the earth?
(a) No Exit.
(b) Lights Out.
(c) Serendipity.
(d) Lost Souls.

4. Who was the preacher that led Rebecca Skloot to Speed's Grocery in Part One: Life, Chapter 9?
(a) Reverend Jackson.
(b) Reverend Elmer.
(c) Reverend Wilson.
(d) Reverend Thompson.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What best-selling book did Alexis Carrel publish that criticized an "error" in the U.S. Constitution of equality for all people?

3. Where did Henrietta live with her grandfather growing up after her mother died?

4. 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?

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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