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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Death – Chapters 17 - 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were Henrietta's cousins that she first told about the knot she felt in her womb, prior to her visit to the hospital?
(a) Joe and Fred.
(b) Tommy and Sarah.
(c) Cliff and Cootie.
(d) Sadie and Margaret.

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?
(a) William Scherer.
(b) Dr. Howard Jones.
(c) Michael Rogers.
(d) Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde.

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

4. Where was Henrietta Lacks born?
(a) Brooklyn, New York.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Plainfield, New Jersey.
(d) Roanoke, Virginia.

5. When did the Tuskegee syphilis study begin, as described by the author in Part One: Life, Chapter 6?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1940s.
(c) The 1920s.
(d) The 1880s.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Ethel's husband that sexually abused Deborah Lacks when she was a child?

3. How did Joe Lacks murder Eldridge Lee Ivy?

4. Which of Henrietta Lacks's children did not attend her funeral or know she'd died, according to the author in Part Two: Death, Chapter 12?

5. On what date did Henrietta marry David Lacks?

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