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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Trivia!

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Henrietta Lacks born?

a)

Salem, Oregon

b)

Roanoke, Virginia

c)

Virginia Beach, Virginia

d)

Fargo, North Dakota

2.

Where did George Gey obtain his degree in Biology?

a)

University of Tampa

b)

Harvard University

c)

University of Pittsburgh

d)

Virginia Tech

3.

What did Alexis Carrel win a Nobel Prize for?

a)

Blood-Vessel-Suturing Technique

b)

Organ Transplant Contributions

c)

HeLa Cells Research

d)

Carrel did not win a Nobel Prize

4.

How were Black patients treated differently than white patients?

a)

Hospitalized later

b)

Given fewer pain medications

c)

Higher mortality rates

d)

None of these

5.

Henrietta was not identified as the woman who produced HeLa cells, what was the name given instead?

a)

Henry

b)

Helga

c)

Helen

d)

Heather

6.

Why was Henrietta's great grandfather, Edmund, placed in an asylum?

a)

Insomnia

b)

Dementia

c)

Depression

d)

Anterior Temporal Lobectomy

7.

Who taught Lawrence about Henrietta's cells?

a)

Rebecca Skloot

b)

George Gey

c)

Henrietta Lacks

d)

Alexis Carrel

8.

Why was Henrietta only able to go to Hopkins University Hospital?

a)

They had a good gynecology department

b)

It was the closest hospital to allow treatment of Black patients

c)

There wasn't any other closer hospital

d)

She felt like it

9.

What is the scientific importance of HeLa cells?

a)

They proved the exisitence of evolution

b)

They provided a major step in the cure of cancer

c)

They provided the basis for many medical advances in the modern era

d)

It paved the way for chemotherapy treatment

10.

Why did Henrietta's children think the doctors wanted blood samples for?

a)

For a national database

b)

For a cancer screening

c)

Routine blood work

d)

DNA test to confirm they were Henrietta's children

11.

Who protected the Lacks children from Ethel and Galen's abuse?

a)

Sadie

b)

Gladys

c)

Edmund

d)

Bobette

12.

What does Gary say HeLa cells are?

a)

Henrietta's spirit

b)

Crimes against humanity

c)

Essential for medical research

d)

None of the above

13.

Who is Deborah?

a)

A nurse

b)

A doctor

c)

Henrietta's youngest daughter

d)

Rebecca's best friend

14.

What does Deborah want?

a)

To get royalties from the HeLa cells research

b)

To get revenge on the doctors that exploited Henreitta

c)

To know how her mother died

d)

To find out who her mother is

15.

What type of cancer did Henrietta Lacks have?

a)

Cervical Cancer

b)

Pancreatic Cancer

c)

Breast Cancer

d)

Lung Cancer

16.

What did Henrietta's family do in Clover?

a)

Raise dairy cows

b)

Repair roofs

c)

Ran a grocery store

d)

Farm tobacco

17.

On the form Henrietta signed before she began her cancer treatment, what did she authorize the hospital to do?

a)

Perform necessary operations

b)

Take a tissue sample

c)

Give her medication

d)

To draw blood

18.

What did Sadie and Henrietta like to do when Day worked nights?

a)

Bake cookies

b)

Drive around town

c)

Go dancing

d)

Hold parties

19.

What happened to Elsie after Zakariyya was born?

a)

She was institutionalized

b)

Her seizures stopped

c)

She died

d)

A cousin adopted her

20.

What made school difficult for Deborah?

a)

Dealing with bullies

b)

Zakariyya's temper

c)

Worrying about HeLa

d)

Her partial deafness

21.

_______________ are former slave quarters in rural Virginia were Henrietta and Day Lacks' family grew up.

a)

Home-house

b)

House-quarter

c)

Quarter-home

d)

Life-house