Henrietta’s Life
What happened when the author talked to David Lacks (Henrietta’s husband) for the first time?
He said a few words and hung up
According to Henrietta’s sister Gladys, what did their youngest sister (Lillian) do?
Converted to Puerto Rican
What happened to Henrietta’s cells in the lab?
What is “They grew and doubled at a rapid pace”?
Where did Henrietta’s daughter Elsie go to live?
What is Crownsville State Hospital?
What major issue placed extra scrutiny on Chester Southam’s research?
What is “The patients’ lack of informed consent”?
What did Henrietta tell her doctor several times in early June?
That the cancer was spreading and moving through her
What radioactive metal did the doctor use to treat Henrietta?
What is radium?
What did Gey do after discovering he could grow HeLa cells?
What is “Shipped them around the world”?
What did Henrietta’s cousin Emmett Lacks rally others to provide her after he found out she needed it?
What is blood?
What word best describes Ethel’s relationship with Henrietta’s children when she took care of them after Henrietta’s death?
What is “abusive”?
After her time in Turner Station, where in Virginia did the author head to find Henrietta’s family?
Clover / Lack’s Town
What shocking news did Henrietta learn toward the end of her treatment?
What is “She was infertile”?
What is one disease that the HeLa cells were used for research on?
What is polio?
What was Henrietta’s request for Day before she died?
What is “To take care of the kids”?
What did virologist Chester Southam do with the HeLa cells?
What is “Injected them into humans”?
What did readers learn about Henrietta’s first cousin Cootie?
He was partially paralyzed from polio
Why did Deborah take the children and hide at her father’s house?
Her husband Cheetah was beating her
What name was most often associated with the HeLa cells after the Collier’s article was printed?
Helen Lane
When the author wanted to talk to Ms. Speed (owner of the corner store) about Henrietta, what was Ms. Speed’s requirement before she would speak to the author?
The family needs to say it’s okay
What idea did Doctor TeLinde present at a major meeting of pathologists in Washington, D.C., where the audience heckled him off the stage?
What is an argument about carcinoma in situ?
What was the big payday the Lacks family saw?
When Day got money in a lawsuit settlement related to lung damage
Instructions for growing an immortal line of cancer cells from his pancreas
A car accident
Instead of pursuing a fight with Hopkins over HeLa cells, what did Deborah do instead?
Tried to teach herself about her mother’s cells
Who does Sonny Lacks call “the Big Kahuna” — the person who will check out the author and decide whether others in the family can talk to her?
Lawrence
After his cancer diagnosis, what order did George Gey give his lab staff?
Instructions for growing an immortal line of cancer cells from his pancreas