WorksheetsThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Trivia!
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 21mins
Where was Henrietta Lacks born?
Salem, Oregon
Roanoke, Virginia
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Fargo, North Dakota
Where did George Gey obtain his degree in Biology?
University of Tampa
Harvard University
University of Pittsburgh
Virginia Tech
What did Alexis Carrel win a Nobel Prize for?
Blood-Vessel-Suturing Technique
Organ Transplant Contributions
HeLa Cells Research
Carrel did not win a Nobel Prize
How were Black patients treated differently than white patients?
Hospitalized later
Given fewer pain medications
Higher mortality rates
None of these
Henrietta was not identified as the woman who produced HeLa cells, what was the name given instead?
Henry
Helga
Helen
Heather
Why was Henrietta's great grandfather, Edmund, placed in an asylum?
Insomnia
Dementia
Depression
Anterior Temporal Lobectomy
Who taught Lawrence about Henrietta's cells?
Rebecca Skloot
George Gey
Henrietta Lacks
Alexis Carrel
Why was Henrietta only able to go to Hopkins University Hospital?
They had a good gynecology department
It was the closest hospital to allow treatment of Black patients
There wasn't any other closer hospital
She felt like it
What is the scientific importance of HeLa cells?
They proved the exisitence of evolution
They provided a major step in the cure of cancer
They provided the basis for many medical advances in the modern era
It paved the way for chemotherapy treatment
Why did Henrietta's children think the doctors wanted blood samples for?
For a national database
For a cancer screening
Routine blood work
DNA test to confirm they were Henrietta's children
Who protected the Lacks children from Ethel and Galen's abuse?
Sadie
Gladys
Edmund
Bobette
What does Gary say HeLa cells are?
Henrietta's spirit
Crimes against humanity
Essential for medical research
None of the above
Who is Deborah?
A nurse
A doctor
Henrietta's youngest daughter
Rebecca's best friend
What does Deborah want?
To get royalties from the HeLa cells research
To get revenge on the doctors that exploited Henreitta
To know how her mother died
To find out who her mother is
What type of cancer did Henrietta Lacks have?
Cervical Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Breast Cancer
Lung Cancer
What did Henrietta's family do in Clover?
Raise dairy cows
Repair roofs
Ran a grocery store
Farm tobacco
On the form Henrietta signed before she began her cancer treatment, what did she authorize the hospital to do?
Perform necessary operations
Take a tissue sample
Give her medication
To draw blood
What did Sadie and Henrietta like to do when Day worked nights?
Bake cookies
Drive around town
Go dancing
Hold parties
What happened to Elsie after Zakariyya was born?
She was institutionalized
Her seizures stopped
She died
A cousin adopted her
What made school difficult for Deborah?
Dealing with bullies
Zakariyya's temper
Worrying about HeLa
Her partial deafness
_______________ are former slave quarters in rural Virginia were Henrietta and Day Lacks' family grew up.
Home-house
House-quarter
Quarter-home
Life-house
