Henrietta Lacks: End of Novel - Part III

A conference was going to be held in Washington, D.C. Deborah is scared by the chaos.She's also upset because the Henrietta Lacks conference was cancelled and not rescheduled. Why was the conference cancelled?

• Then September 11th happens.

• John Hopkins files an injunction

• Alfred is arrested

Although Deborah's made peace with Hopkins, she still has to... 

• Speak with the Lacks Foundation concerning pending legal charges against the hospital
• face Crownsville and the possible horrors faced by her older sister Elsie.

The hives continue to spread as Deborah and Skloot get to ______. Deborah takes Benadryl to control them, but it doesn't seem to be working.

• Baltimore
• Turner Station
• Clover

Gary talks to her about the immortality he believes that Christ gives, and he gives her a Bible verse to read out loud.

• Matthew 5:15
• John 11:25

Skloot explains the emotional journey they're on in chapter 35 and we learn that she and _________ had spoken many times over the years. She knows that this person  is close to Deborah and understands her pain.

• Bobette
• Gary
• David Jr.
• Howard

In chapter 36, Gary explains to Skloot that the HeLa cells are Henrietta's spiritual or heavenly body. This is her form of resurrection, just as the Bible promised. What literary device is this?

• symbolism
• extended metaphor
• cesura

Keenan Kester Cofield was a con artist who wanted to sue Hopkins because 

• he accuses them of malpractice 
• he was refused access to Henrietta's medical record 
• the Hospital owes him money 
• ...well, he is a con artist. 

In chapter 37, we learn that Deborah isn't just suffering from hives. She has extremely high blood pressure and high blood sugar. She'd almost had a stroke from the stress of learning about her sister Elsie's life and death at Crownsville. Now she has to rest. So Skloot ...

• only talks to her after the book is published
• only tells her the positive stuff that she learned in her research. 

Deborah's was also supposed to give a speech at the

• NAACP rally
• National Foundation for Cancer Research conference.
• Million Man March
• Turner Station Day parade

In chapter 38, Skloot returns to Clover and realizes that the town is gone, gone, gone. Nothing's left except

• the hospital
•  the post office
• the old library
• the Hospital for the Negro Insane