Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Quiz: Chaps. 1-3
Authored by Amber Myers
English, Biology, History
9th - 12th Grade
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1.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
45 sec • Ungraded
Why did the author choose to use exact language and regional dialect from the Lacks family's personal writings and statements?
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CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
With which type of cancer was Henrietta diagnosed?
Breast
Lung
Cervical
Brain
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CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.K.6
3.
FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Henrietta Lacks' cells are nicknamed (a)
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CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
4.
FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Fill -in the missing portion of the following quote:
"Another scientist calculated that if you could lay all HeLa cells ever grown end-to-end, they'd wrap around the Earth at least (a) , spanning more than 350 million feet. In her prime, Henrietta herself stood only a bit over five feet tall" (Skloot 2).
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CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RI.3.5
CCSS.RL.4.1
CCSS.RL.5.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which literary device is used in the following quote?
"The cytoplasm buzzes like a New York City street" (Skloot 3).
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Allusion
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CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
6.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • Ungraded
What is another name for uncontrollable cellular mitosis?
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CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Scientists had attempted to keep human cells alive in culture, but all those cells eventually died. Henrietta's cells were different in that they "reproduced an entire generation every ________________________, and they never stopped." Hence the term "first immortal human cells" (Skloot 4).
24 hours
48 hours
72 hours
5 days
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CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
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