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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Deborah's grandson Alfred when Deborah Lacks died?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 16.

2. In what year did Sonny Lacks undergo quintuple bypass surgery?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2006.

3. When was the Human Genome Project begun?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1985.

4. When did Deborah Lacks officially divorce Reverend Pullum?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2012.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2006.

5. The researcher at Johns Hopkins that showed Deborah her mother's cells explained to her that Henrietta's cancer developed due to what virus?
(a) Campoletis aprilis ichnovirus.
(b) Abaca mosiac virus.
(c) Human papillomavirus.
(d) Abelson murine leukemia virus.

6. What sentence did Deborah's son Alfred Carter, Jr. receive for robbery with a dangerous and deadly weapon and first-degree assault with a handgun?
(a) 40 years in prison.
(b) 10 years in prison.
(c) 30 years in prison.
(d) 50 years in prison.

7. Who came with Deborah to Johns Hopkins to see Henrietta Lacks's cells?
(a) Sadie.
(b) Cliff.
(c) Cootie.
(d) Zakariyya.

8. How much money did David Lacks receive as settlement from a class-action lawsuit against a boiler manufacturer at Bethlehem Steel?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $12,000.
(d) $23,000.

9. Who was the president of the National Foundation for Cancer Research in 2001?
(a) Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde.
(b) Franklin Salisbury, Jr.
(c) William Scherer.
(d) Walter Nelson-Rees.

10. What corporation owns the patents to BRCA1 and BRCA2, the genes responsible for most cases of breast and ovarian cancer?
(a) Pfizer.
(b) Novartis.
(c) Myriad Genetics.
(d) GlaxoSmithKline.

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

12. Who is the director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology at the Illinois Institute of Technology that is cited in the Afterword?
(a) Christoph Lengauer.
(b) Lori Andrews.
(c) Dr. Howard Jones.
(d) Baruch Blumberg.

13. What was the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act designed to prohibit?
(a) It prohibits the taking of cells without consent.
(b) It prohibits research on cells without informed consent.
(c) It prohibits the publication of personal data.
(d) It prohibits the use of genetic information in health insurance and employment.

14. What had Deborah's son been arrested for when she called Rebecca Skloot sobbing at the end of Part Three: Immortality, Chapter 31?
(a) Rape.
(b) Murder.
(c) Robbery.
(d) Arson.

15. What was the population at the asylum of Crownsville Hospital when Elsie died in 1955?
(a) 956.
(b) 1,230.
(c) 3,200.
(d) 2,700.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what pharmaceutical company was Christoph Lengauer the Global Head of Oncology at in 2009?

2. In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court rule on the case of Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty?

3. Who is the director of the Diagnostic Molecular Pathology Lab oratory at the University of California, Los Angeles, cited by the author in the Afterword?

4. Who was the researcher at Johns Hopkins who showed Deborah her mother's cells?

5. What did the bathroom graffiti in the medical school restroom say that first inspired Michael Rogers to learn about HeLa cells and their background?

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