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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Immortality – Chapters 28 - 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Joe Lacks turn himself into the police for the murder of Eldridge Lee Ivy?
(a) September 29, 1970.
(b) August 20, 1972.
(c) February 5, 1951.
(d) October 4, 1969.

2. What were the names of Deborah's grandsons who came along when Deborah took Rebecca Skloot to meet Zakariyya?
(a) Fred and Clarence.
(b) Gerald and Paul.
(c) Joe and Jimmy.
(d) Alfred and Davon.

3. When did Alexis Carrel grow an "immortal chicken heart"?
(a) January 17, 1912.
(b) August 1, 1920.
(c) April 10, 1926.
(d) January 29, 1951.

4. How many points compose the code of ethics known as the Nuremberg Code?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

5. How much money did David Lacks receive as settlement from a class-action lawsuit against a boiler manufacturer at Bethlehem Steel?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $23,000.
(c) $12,000.
(d) $5,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Deborah Lacks when the researchers from Johns Hopkins came to draw blood for DNA analysis of Henrietta's husband and children?

2. What term refers to the belief and practice which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population through selective reproduction?

3. On what date did Henrietta Lacks die?

4. In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court rule on the case of Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty?

5. What publication did Michael Rogers write for when he came to interview the Lackses?

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