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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When was Johns Hopkins Hospital founded?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1889.
2. How old did Roland Pattillo say that Henrietta Lacks's husband was now, when Rebecca Skloot first contacted him to discuss Henrietta?
(a) 84.
(b) 92.
(c) 95.
(d) 77.
3. Who was Ethel's husband that sexually abused Deborah Lacks when she was a child?
(a) Galen.
(b) Cliff.
(c) Joe.
(d) Cootie.
4. What illness did Hector Henry suffer from during his childhood?
(a) Polio.
(b) Leukemia.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Tuberculosis.
5. 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 Technical Control Center.
(c) American Technological Culture Containment.
(d) Arterial Tissue and Culture Collective.
Short Answer Questions
1. What researcher at the NIH used HeLa cells to develop the first standardized culture medium that could be made by the gallon and shipped ready to use?
2. How old was Henrietta when she gave birth to her first child?
3. What was Hector Henry's nickname that he introduced himself as to Rebecca Skloot in Part One: Life, Chapter 10?
4. Who was Henrietta's grandfather that raised her after her mother died?
5. When did Joe Lacks turn himself into the police for the murder of Eldridge Lee Ivy?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the genre and narrative style of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. From whose perspective is the narrative related?
2. What was discovered during Henrietta Lacks's autopsy? Where had Henrietta's cancer spread?
3. What were Mary Kubicek's impressions of HeLa cells when she first began observing them? What were George Gey's impressions of the cells?
4. What did George Gey do with the HeLa cells that he obtained and cultured at his labs? What were Gey's objectives?
5. What role did Bobbette take in the family after marrying Lawrence? Why?
6. How is Henrietta Lacks's funeral described in Part Two: Death? Who attended Henrietta's funeral? Where was she buried?
7. How did Henrietta respond to the treatment she received at Johns Hopkins for cancer? Why do you think that Henrietta Lacks did not question any of the treatment she received?
8. Where did the name "Helen Lane" arise? How did the Lacks family feel about "Helen Lane"?
9. How do you think Henrietta Lacks's life would have been different if her mother had not died when Henrietta was still a child? Why?
10. How does the author describe the actions of Ethel and Galen in the narrative? What relationship did Ethel and Galen have to the Lackses?
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