Vocabulary
This word means happening or done in a natural, sudden way, without planning or without being forced.
These people according to African American Legend, kidnapped African American children and used them as experiments.
Who are Night Doctors?
In 1970, this person contracted Pancreatic Cancer, in which he had an emergency operation to remove the tumor.
Who is Gey?
"Suddenly, Sonny was standing beside me with a sweet and bashful gap-toothed grin that made him look like a fifty-year-old teenager", uses this literary device.
What is a Simile? (Bonus points if you can provide another example from the book.)
Because of the conversation between Day and Bobbette about what happened to the HeLa Cells, these issues have soon appeared.
What are trust issues?
This disease the doctors assumed that Henrietta had was "______________".
What is Syphilis?
This English man from Maryland made his fortune through railroad investments, eventually making enough money to establish a hospital and university.
Who is Johns Hopkins?
DAILY DOUBLE
This man, in September 1966, announced that he'd found a "technical problem" in their field.
Skloot says "The cells look like an egg, " an example of this Literary Device.
What is Imagery?
This improved new ways to keep her cells alive, which Gey wanted to be tested by this method as well.
What is technology?
After the conference where Gartler dropped what became known as "_________________", most researchers kept right on working with the cells he'd said were contaminated.
What is the HeLa bomb?
This act provided the infrastructure and mechanisms needed for a large-scale, world-class cancer research enterprise.
What is the Nixon Cancer Act?
In the year 2000, this person met Rebecca Skloot and explained how he had distrusted the medical professionals at John Hopkins Hospital.
Who is Sonny?
Sonny said "They just snatch 'em off the street" which is an example of this Literary Device.
What is dialogue?
This problem led to ruining cell cultures and skewing scientists' results.
What is contamination?