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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Immortality – Chapters 33 - 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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. Richard Wesley TeLinde.
(c) Michael Rogers.
(d) Dr. Howard Jones.

2. Where was Bobbette employed when she learned about Henrietta's connection to HeLa cells from Gardenia's brother-in-law?
(a) Johns Hopkins Hospital.
(b) Costco.
(c) Yale School of Medicine.
(d) Baltimore City Hospital.

3. How old was Deborah's Cousin Gary when he died of a heart attack?
(a) 71.
(b) 52.
(c) 59.
(d) 62.

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

5. What comparison did the researcher at Johns Hopkins make for a person's cells and their rights to a portion of the profits for those cells in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 32?
(a) He compared cells to water.
(b) He compared cells to oil.
(c) He compared cells to sand.
(d) He compared cells to food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described in Part Two: Death, Chapter 13 as "an essential part of science"?

2. In what year did Deborah Lacks separate from her husband and move into an assisted-living apartment of her own, according to the author in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 38?

3. Where did Roland Pattillo grow up?

4. When was Alexis Carrel awarded the Nobel Prize for his blood-vessel-suturing technique?

5. What does "HIPAA" represent?

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