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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. What disease nearly killed Henrietta's youngest son Joe not long after her death?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Scarlet fever.
(d) Polio.
2. What nickname did Deborah Lacks have within her family?
(a) Liz.
(b) Dottie.
(c) Dale.
(d) Debbie.
3. Where did Henrietta live with her grandfather growing up after her mother died?
(a) Baltimore, Maryland.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Clover, Virginia.
(d) Cleveland, Mississippi.
4. Who was the press officer at the NFIP that wrote to George Gey in 1953 to say that he intended to write a more detailed article about Henrietta Lacks once her name was revealed in the press?
(a) Charles Bynum.
(b) William Scherer.
(c) Harry Eagle.
(d) Ronald H. Berg.
5. How many chromosomes are contained in a human cell?
(a) 46.
(b) 42.
(c) 52.
(d) 36.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did George Papanicolaou publish a paper describing what is now known as the "Pap smear"?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. What illness did Hector Henry suffer from during his childhood?
5. What was the name of the pathologist who performed the autopsy on Henrietta Lacks?
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