Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. What did Chester Southam inject into patients in his most famous experiments?
Saline
Cancer cells
Heroin
Antibiotics
Q. The Tuskegee syphilis studies
provided drugs in clinical trials to cure syphilis.
withheld penicillin to cure syphilis and watched what happened.
infected healthy black men with syphilis.
infected healthy black men with syphilis and withheld penicillin to cure syphilis.
Q. Skloot refers to "Mississippi Appendectomies." What are these?
Removal of inflamed appendices
Tonsillectomies performed in Mississippi
Forced hysterectomies
Forced tummy tucks
Q. When George Gey learned that doctors didn't take a sample of his cancer cells to create an immortal cell line, what does he do to help science?
Volunteers for a trial of new chemo drug
Donates his body to science
Sues the hospital
Donates blood instead
Q. When McKusick sends his assistant to collect blood samples from the Lacks family, what do they think he wants it for?
To keep tabs on them
To test them for cancer
To get more HeLa cells
To provide healthcare for the family