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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Afterword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much blood did Henrietta's cousin Emmett and his friends donate when they heard Henrietta was in need of transfusions at the hospital?
(a) 10 pints.
(b) 5 pints.
(c) 2 pints.
(d) 8 pints.

2. Who was the cancer researcher at UCLA that removed John Moore's spleen?
(a) Victor McKusick.
(b) David Golde.
(c) Emanuel Mandel.
(d) Henry Beecher.

3. 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) Yale School of Medicine.
(c) Baltimore City Hospital.
(d) Costco.

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

5. When was Alexis Carrel awarded the Nobel Prize for his blood-vessel-suturing technique?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does Rebecca Skloot describe driving to clover in Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 38?

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?

3. Alexis Carrel died while he was awaiting trial for what crime?

4. What type of cancer had John Moore developed at the age of thirty-one?

5. Where did Rebecca Skloot travel to in order to meet David "Sonny" Lacks Jr. in Part One: Life, Chapter 9?

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