Common Read I
Common Read II
Common Read III
Common Read IV
Common Read V
100
This is when the author first learned of HeLa.
What is 1988?
100
Henrietta described the lump in her womb as this.
What is a "knot"
100
He developed the "Pap Smear"
Who is George Papanicolaou?
100
This is what Henrietta contracted three (3) weeks after starting x-ray therapy.
What is Gonorrhea?
100
This is where Henrietta was born.
What is Roanoke, VA?
200
Under a microscope, a cell looks like this.
What is an egg?
200
Henrietta was buried in this.
What is a "long pink dress"
200
These are the names of Henrietta's children
What is Lawrence, Elsie, David Jr. "Sonny",Deborah, Joe
200
This is Deborah's nickname.
What is Dale?
200
This college recognized Henrietta posthumously.
What is the Morehouse School of Medicine.
300
Henrietta really died of this.
What is Cervical Cancer?
300
Gladys and Sadie did this to keep Henrietta's eyes closed.
What is put 2 pennies on her eyes.
300
This is the Latin term for noninvasive carcinoma.
What is carcinoma in situ?
300
This is the name of the BBC documentary about HeLa.
What is "The Way of the Flesh"
300
This is the year in which HeLa was used to develop the Polio Vaccine.
What is 1954?
400
Henrietta is also known by these names.
What is Helen Lane & Helen Larson?
400
He stabbed himself when her heard that Henrietta and Day got married.
Who is "Crazy Joe"
400
She was the assistant to Dr. George Gey.
Who is Mary Kubicek?
400
He was the 1st reporter to contact Henrietta's family.
Who is Michael Rogers?
400
He performed Henrietta's autopsy.
Who is Dr. Wilbur?
500
HeLa helped with some of the most important advances in medicine.
What is the polio vaccine, chemotherapy, cloning, gene mapping and in vitro fertilization?
500
Henrietta and Day were raised by him in this.
Who is their grandfather in the home-house?
500
This is the name of Dr. Gey's only African-American Student.
What is Dr. Roland Patillo?
500
He gathered the cousins together to give blood for Henrietta.
Who is Emmett Lacks?
500
When Mary saw these, she began to think of Henrietta as a real person for the 1st time.
What is her "red toenail polish"