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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. Who told Michael Rogers that Henrietta Lacks was actually the name of the patient whose cells became known as HeLa cells?
(a) Dr. Howard Jones.
(b) Walter Nelson-Rees.
(c) Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde.
(d) Roland Pattillo.

2. Who was the gynecologist that examined Henrietta Lacks when she first went to Johns Hopkins Hospital to have the knot in her womb seen?
(a) Dr. Howard Jones.
(b) Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde.
(c) Dr. Roland Pattillo.
(d) Dr. William Scherer.

3. Where did Henrietta live with her grandfather growing up after her mother died?
(a) Clover, Virginia.
(b) Cleveland, Mississippi.
(c) Baltimore, Maryland.
(d) Atlanta, Georgia.

4. When was the Human Genome Project declared complete?
(a) 2012.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2009.

5. What was the name of the pathologist who performed the autopsy on Henrietta Lacks?
(a) Dr. Rogers.
(b) Dr. Gey.
(c) Dr. Jones.
(d) Dr. Wilbur.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long was Chester Southam's medical license suspended due to "fraud or deceit and unprofessional conduct in the practice of medicine" after he'd injected unknowing patients with cancer cells?

2. How many people does Rebecca Skloot estimate that Chester Southam injected with living cancer cells during his career?

3. How old was Deborah's grandson Alfred when Deborah Lacks died?

4. When did Joe Lacks turn himself into the police for the murder of Eldridge Lee Ivy?

5. Who was the BBC producer that began making a documentary about the Lacks family in the 1990s?

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