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WorksheetsEGP Midterm Exam 5-6
Total questions: 120
Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins
HeLa cells were special because they were the first known cells that could
live outside the human body.
conduct electricity.
clone sheep cells.
none of these.
What research institute discovered the HeLa cells?
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Johns Hopkins
The Mayo Clinic
Methodist Research Hospital
Throughout the years, research performed using HeLa cells made advances against
polio.
cancer.
tuberculosis.
all of these.
Henrietta Lacks died from
lung cancer.
tuberculosis.
cervical cancer.
research performed by a hospital.
The Lacks family lived closest to
Washington, DC.
Charleston, WV.
Baltimore, MD.
Los Angeles, CA.
Deborah (Dale) Lacks (who was portrayed by Oprah Winfrey) is Henrietta Lacks's
sister.
daughter.
cousin.
aunt.
Rebecca Skloot, who wrote the book on which this movie is based, is
a research doctor who discovered HeLa cells.
a freelance writer / reporter.
a nurse at Johns Hopkins.
A lawyer.
The Lacks family is upset because
Henrietta's cells were used without permission.
The family did not benefit from research done on th ecells.
The doctors and researchers were not truthful with the family.
All of the above.
Researchers took blood from the Lacks family
under false pretenses.
to further their own research.
to look for genetic markers.
All of the above
Henrietta Lacks grew up in a town called
Flower, MS.
Clover, VA.
Willow, NC.
Walls, TN.
Sir Lorde Keenan Kester Cofield pretends to be
a researcher.
a writer.
a lawyer.
a doctor.
The first publisher Rebecca talked to about her book
wanted her to take the Lacks family out of the book.
wanted her to lie about how the researchers deceived the family.
wanted her to add false stories about the Lacks family to the book.
turned down the book without reading it.
Elsie Lacks was sent to live
at a university research center.
in a mental health facility in Crownsville.
with family members in California.
in Europe.
Unlike most cancer cells, HeLa cells
can be kept for 100s of years under special conditions.
continue to reproduce.
are still used in scientific research.
all of the above.
After Henrietta died, her children were
well taken care of by family members.
sent to live at a state facility.
given money to support their education.
initially mistreated and abused by family members.
According to Henrietta's cousin, Cliff, he said the idea of "slave-owning white Lackses being buried under their black kin" was _____ .
beautiful
disturbing
infectious
wrong
fun
What was Chester Southam concerned HeLa cells might do?
be sold on the black market, unknowingly spreading cancer to citizens
be used as a means of warfare against other cultures
evolve into a new, unidentified strain of cancer
infect the scientists working with them, giving them cancer
What experiment did Chester Southam conduct?
injected uninformed cancer patients with HeLa cells
released HeLa cells into the general population of Southern France
used several injected, animal species to measure the growth rate of HeLa
used two of his lab assistants as test subjects to determine the effects of HeLa on healthy individuals
What was the result of sending HeLa cells into space?
HeLa cells actually died off, but not before infecting all other surrounding cells
zero gravity made HeLa cells grow at an even faster rate
the nutritional needs of HeLa cells could not be met in space
scientist realized if they could simulate zero gravity, there could be a chance to cure cancer by stunting cancer cells' growth
Why did scientists want to fuse human and animal cells?
to study what genes do and how they work
scientists did not want to fuse the 2 cell types
to find a method of how to manipulate DNA
to prove to the public previous research was not in vain
What permission did Day have to give doctors after Henrietta’s death?
to perform an autopsy
to cremate her body
to donate her body to science
to allow doctor's to share her medical records with labs overseas
What made Gey’s assistant, Mary, realize Henrietta was a real person?
She looked at her eye color for the first time
She noticed her painted toenails
She saw the photograph of her children by the bedside
She had to remove the Bible from under her pillow
What was the HeLa Factory built for?
To grow trillions of HeLa cells each week to find a way to treat polio
To practice new vaccinations and trial treatments on animals
To further cervical cancer research in one designated location
To mass produce radiation to sell to hospitals to treat cancer patients
Who began writing about Dr. Gey’s research and submitting it for publication?
Rebecca Skloot
His wife, Margaret
Gey’s assistant, Mary
A reporter from the Virginia Chronicle
Who moves in to help take care of Day’s children?
Ethel and Galen
Emmet and Joan
Maurice and Mary
Penny and Hal
no one
Where was Henrietta buried?
On her grandfather's old homestead
Just outside Turner Station
In an unmarked grave
She was cremated
Who raised Henrietta?
her aunt and uncle
her grandfather
the foster system
her parents
Day was related to Henrietta.
True
False
The novel does not say one way or another.
Henrietta had her 1st child at the age of...
10
14
18
21
How did Pearl Harbor change life in Turner Station?
wiped out the younger population, so life seemed to stand still without growth
lack of men left removed the need for jobs in town since the mills closed
the government poured money into the town, built houses, and the town profited from steel production
white women moved in and took over the jobs men had previously done before leaving for war
Who was the head of tissue culture research?
Dr. George Gey
Dr. Richard TeLinde
Dr. John Hopkins, Jr.
Scientist and Doctor, Margaret Meade
What happened to the HeLa cells Mary cultured?
they doubled every 24 hours
they were stolen by an intern and sold on the black market to the highest bidding research center
the first 3 batches died off, but the 4th grew twice as fast as Henrietta's healthy cells
nothing....who is Mary?
Why did Henrietta and Day decide to place Elsie in the Hospital for the Negro Insane?
other children were taking "advantage" of her
she was too "big" to handle and was a danger to herself
they did not place her there; they hid her from social services
the court mandated her to be placed in the hospital
they assumed no one could care for her like Henrietta, if Henrietta ended up dying from cancer
After her diagnosis and treatment, how did Henrietta behave?
she became extremely disassociated and depressed
she went about her life like normal
she cursed God, refused to attend church anymore, and couldn't understand why this was happening to her
she called extended family members to come and take her children and care for them
Professor Roland Pattillo was....
the one who revealed the truth behind the Tuskegee Syphilis Study.
the one who revealed the truth behind the Mississippi Appendectomies.
one of Dr. Gey's only African-American students.
Henrietta's nephew who wanted to help the family understand the scientific history of HeLa cells.
How does Day initially respond to Skloot....
he hangs up on her.
he tells her he will talk, but only if she will pay him.
he doesn't....she never contacted him.
Who is the French surgeon who won the Nobel Prize for his blood-vessel suturing technique?
Carrel
Kubicek
Gey
TeLinde
How did Henrietta's family find out she was sick?
a letter arrived from Johns Hopkins with Henrietta's test results and Deborah opened the letter
Henrietta was wailing in agony from the pain
her sister decided it was time for everyone to find out, so she told Day and Deborah
Johns Hopkins called Henrietta's home and spoke to Day when Henrietta missed her appointment for further treatment
Johns Hopkins refused to release Henrietta to return home after treatment because she was too weak to walk on her own
What did Courtney Speed let Skloot see when Skloot visited Turner Station?
a BBC documentary on HeLa
old photographs of Henrietta as a teenager
hidden reports explaining the dangers of radium to the human body
letters from Henrietta's mother before her death
Who did Skloot meet in Clover?
Day
Cootie
Mary Kubicek
Elsie
no one...she did not visit Clover
Henrietta told ____ to tell ____ to take care of her children.
Gladys.....Day
Emmett.....Gladys
Day.....Gladys
Emmett....Day
Gladys.....Emmett
What do we learn about Deborah at age 16?
she became pregnant
she was assaulted by Joe
Galen returned and broke her jaw
she dropped out of school to work and support her brothers
she ran away and was not heard from for 3 years
How did Sonny, Day, and Lawrence respond to Joe's crime?
they raised money for his lawyer
they helped him hide from the law
they made up witness testimony to make him appear innocent
they threatened the victim's family to drop the charges
they did not help him for fear of being an accomplice
In prison, Joe...
converted to Islam
was stabbed and killed
died of a disease contracted in prison
fought another inmate, lenghetning his sentence
Joe died before being sentenced to prison
What did the Lackses believed Johns Hopkins did to African Americans?
killed African Americans to test new drugs and burned the bodies to hide evidence
snatched African Americans off the street for experimentation
reported African Americans to the government so they could justify conducting experiments
helped African Americans who were able to helped and abused others
the reader does not know; the Lacks family refused to discuss Johns Hopkins at length
Why did surgeons NOT honor Gey's request for them to take biopsies of his cells during surgery and use the cells for research?
they did not need pancreatic cells for research
they were afraid taking cells from the tumor would kill him, so they sewed him back up without taking cells
they were afraid it would stir a need for patient consent since he readily volunteered
it went against President Nixon's National Cancer Act
the doctors realized Gey had been misdiagnosed and had a disease unrelated to cancer
Why are Henrietta Lacks' cells commonly used in laboratory experiments.
they reproduce very quickly
they were healthy
they didn't reproduce
they were cheap to use
Where does the author first learn about Henrietta?
from a documentary
from a science teacher
from a movie program
fom a textbook
In the sentence, "Scientists had been trying to keep human cells alive in culture for decades, but they all eventually died," the term "in culture" most likely means what?
the act of giving a a living organism the appreciation of culture
the customary beliefs and practices of a society
the act of keeping bacteria or cells alive in a laboratory environment.
none of the above
Based on what we know of the author, with which statement would Rebecca Skloot most likely agree with?
It was important to get Deborah's help to be able to write about Henrietta.
Henrietta's cells have not been as important to to medicine as other cells.
Scientists were justified in taking Henrietta's cells.
Henrietta's tribute to science was already well known.
What does the author mean when she writes, "Gey hired Mary for her hands."
Gey likes the size and shape of Mary's hands
Mary is able to work well with her hands and can do the job well.
Gey wanted Mary's hands for his own
Gey expected Mary to use her hands
Why would the author describe the anatomy of a cell with the following metaphor, "The cytoplasm buzzes like a New York City street."
she has been to New York and likes how busy it is
help the reader understand that the cytoplasm makes a noise like a "buzz"
help the reader understand how busy the cytoplasm is with an understandable comparison
there was no specific reasoning for this description
What rhetorical appeal is being emphasized here?
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
What rhetorical appeal is being emphasized here?
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
This rhetorical appeal involves emotions.
Logos
Ethos
Pathos
The following advertisement is an example of?
Pathos
Logos
Person 1: Bicycle infrastructure should be expanded because cycling is a sustainable mode of transportation.
Person 2: We should not build bike lanes because cyclists run red lights and endanger pedestrians.
Band Wagon
Either/Or
Hasty Generalization
Straw Man
Smoking cigarettes is just like ingesting arsenic into your system; both have been shown to be causally related to death. If you wouldn't want to take a spoonful of arsenic, I would think that you wouldn't want to continue smoking.
Hasty Generalization
Faulty Analogy
Straw Man
Red herring
You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime to support your earnings.
Non Sequitur
Slippery Slope
Red herring
Faulty analogy
All men are mortal, and Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates likes dogs.
Ad Hominem
Hasty Generalization
Non Sequitur
Straw Man
Mike: It is morally wrong to cheat on your spouse, why on earth would you have done that?
Ken: But what is morality exactly?
Mike: It’s a code of conduct shared by cultures.
Ken: But who creates this code?...
ad hominem
red herring
band wagon
faulty analogy
An argument that appeals to popular opinion as the basis for its truth.
hasty generalization
circular reasoning
guilt by association
bandwagon fallacy
An interruption between the initial idea and the conclusion.
red herring
ad hominem
non sequitur
bandwagon fallacy
An argument based on a personal attack on someone's character.
appeal to nature
ad hominem
non sequitur
bandwagon fallacy
An argument that wrongly assumes there are only two possible positions.
false dichotomy
false causation
appeal to nature
hasty generalization
Drawing a conclusion based on a small sample size; a broad claim based on limited evidence.
non sequitur
false causation
red herring
hasty generalization
An argument that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important issue.
straw man argument
false causation
red herring
hasty generalization
Jack is a good athlete. Jack comes from Canada. Therefore, all Canadians are good athletes."
red herring
ad hominem
non sequitur
bandwagon fallacy
"Four out of five dentists recommend Happy Glossy toothpaste. Therefore, it must be great."
non sequitur
false causation
red herring
hasty generalization
"To get better schools, we have to raise taxes. If we don't, we can't have better schools."
false dichotomy
false causation
appeal to nature
hasty generalization
"Yes, we have safety issues in our factory. But we work really hard to make a good product."
straw man argument
false causation
red herring
hasty generalization
"Because everybody thinks this way, it must be right."
hasty generalization
circular reasoning
guilt by association
bandwagon fallacy
"The Senator must be wrong on the issue of taxes because he's such a jerk to the people who work for him."
appeal to nature
ad hominem
non sequitur
bandwagon fallacy
