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Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What discovery did the researchers make after sending HeLa cells into space in the 1960s?
(a) The cancer cells exploded in space.
(b) The cancer cells died in space.
(c) The cancer cells transformed into noncancerous cells in space.
(d) The cancer cells began dividing more quickly with each trip into space.

3. How old was Dr. Howard Jones in 2009 when The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks went to press?
(a) 102.
(b) 85.
(c) 99.
(d) 89.

4. How much money did the NIH invest in 2009 to develop a bank for the samples taken from newborns nationwide in the U.S.?
(a) $8.3 million.
(b) $2.3 billion.
(c) $13.5 million.
(d) $10 million.

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 sand.
(c) He compared cells to oil.
(d) He compared cells to food.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Lawrence when he an Bobbette moved in together?

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?

3. When were HeLa cells fused with mouse cells to create the first animal-human hybrid cells?

4. What did Joe Lacks change his name to after he converted to Islam in prison?

5. What does "ATCC" stand for in reference to the federal cell bank established by Lewis Coriell and others?

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