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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "ATCC" stand for in reference to the federal cell bank established by Lewis Coriell and others?
(a) The American Type Culture Collection.
(b) American Technological Culture Containment.
(c) American Technical Control Center.
(d) Arterial Tissue and Culture Collective.

2. For how long was Joe Lacks in the military before being discharged?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 months.

3. How old was Henrietta Lacks when she became pregnant with her fifth child?
(a) 29.
(b) 42.
(c) 33.
(d) 36.

4. What disease nearly killed Henrietta's youngest son Joe not long after her death?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Polio.
(d) Tuberculosis.

5. Who was the Harvard anesthesiologist that published a study in the New England Journal of Medicine showing that Chester Southam's cancer research was just one of hundreds of similarly unethical cases?
(a) Michael Rogers.
(b) Harry Eagle.
(c) Henry Beecher.
(d) Emanuel Mandel.

6. Where did Chester Southam advertise for medical research volunteers in May of 1956?
(a) The New York Times classifieds.
(b) Rutgers University newsletter.
(c) Sing Sing Prison newsletter.
(d) The Ohio State Penitentiary newsletter.

7. What was Henrietta Lacks's name at birth?
(a) Henrietta Pleasant.
(b) Loretta Pleasant.
(c) Helen Lane.
(d) Wilma Anderson.

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

9. When did the U.S.-led international war tribunal at Nuremberg sentence seven Nazi doctors to death for conducting unthinkable research on Jews without consent?
(a) April 10, 1941.
(b) February 5, 1951.
(c) August 20, 1947.
(d) January 29, 1951.

10. What was the birth name of Henrietta Lacks's fifth child?
(a) Joseph Lacks.
(b) Edgar Lacks.
(c) Tommy Lacks.
(d) David Lacks.

11. What was the name of the BBC documentary that Courtney Speed borrowed from the library to show to Rebecca Skloot when she visited Turner Station?
(a) HeLa: Woman Behind the Mask.
(b) The Way of All Flesh.
(c) Man, the Unknown.
(d) An Error of Cells.

12. What was Hector Henry's nickname that he introduced himself as to Rebecca Skloot in Part One: Life, Chapter 10?
(a) Tommy.
(b) Cootie.
(c) Cliff.
(d) Joe.

13. Cervical carcinomas are divided into two types. What are these types?
(a) Internal and external.
(b) Sedentary and biological.
(c) Invasive and noninvasive.
(d) Radiant and specialized.

14. When did George Papanicolaou publish a paper describing what is now known as the "Pap smear"?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1929.

15. What nickname did Deborah Lacks have within her family?
(a) Dottie.
(b) Liz.
(c) Debbie.
(d) Dale.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many chromosomes are contained in a human cell?

2. Who were the two British scientists that fused HeLa cells with mouse cells, creating the first human-animal hybrids?

3. How old was Deborah Lacks when she became pregnant with her first child?

4. When did the Tuskegee syphilis study begin, as described by the author in Part One: Life, Chapter 6?

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

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