HeLa Part 1 Quiz - Review

The last paragraph (third paragraph) Deborah's Voice marks a shift from

Deborah talks in the beginning as being excited and happy for the recognition her mother is getting from science. But contrasts that with confusion and anger as to why scientists are using her cells to their advantage for money through the use of their own mom as her own family is not gaining benefit or praise from their mother's unknown sacrifice to science.

In context, the author places the term "benevolent deception" in quotation marks in the second paragraph of the Chapter 8 in order to

Emphasize the common practice of the doctors which was prejudice and condescending to the black patients by holding back information but at the same time giving them the care they need.

The paragraph beginning "At one point he said the cells..." (Chapter 7) relies especially on the use of

Figurative language, especially a metaphoric one. In some way she uses his own quotes to ironically point out that his ideas of the cells being something extraordinary and outstanding would not be the case at all in reality today.

The Operation Permit (bolded near the end of Chapter 3) serves to

Foreshadow or show the unfortunate events that would eventually lead to George Gey taking her cells without Henrietta knowing and led to her passing. It also was there to show that in some way Henrietta was unaware of what she was about to get herself into and that the permission itself would lead to her own cervical tissue being taken from her (without clear notice) for scientific research.

The description of Henrietta's appearance "Henrietta had walnut eyes, straight white teeth, and full lips..." (on the second page of Chapter 5) was included to

Give more of a detailed description of Henrietta in order to appreciate Henrietta. It also there to someway show her innocence, to show the unfortunate circumstance of an innocent and appreciated woman who died of cervical cancer and got her cells taken away from her. It shows she was a human being that was real.

The paragraph that begins "After three straight days of grilling..." (Chapter 6) employs all of the following to convey the importance of being careful when calling Deborah EXCEPT

He mentions that Rebecca needs to prevent herself from being aggressive, clinical, forceful, disrespectful, realize Deborah's situations with the cells. But he did mention that she should be honest, compassionate, and patient.

In context, the image of Henrietta "want[ing] to hold Deborah..." (towards the end of the chapter 11) is meant to suggest

Henrietta never had the moment or experience to be there for her daughter Deborah due to her sicknesses, and would not be able to be there for her as she grew up.

The chapter (8) implies that the primary reason that the Lacks family doesn't want to talk has something to do with:

Henrietta's passing and the doctor's lack of actions that would have helped treat her and the fact they stole her cells without her and her own family without knowing for many years. It also shows that they don't like to talk about HeLa because of how promising and appreciative science is to HeLa but they do not sympathize with the unfortunate experiences she went through.

The line "Henrietta's cells rode into the mountains of Chile in the saddlebags of pack mules" (Chapter 7) emphasizes

It emphasizes the distribution of her cells, and that they went to be passed to many different places.

The chapter 10 ends on a note of:

It ends with curiosity of Hector Henry who is wondering and questioning the reasons why are her cells continuously growing with Henrietta passed. It leaves it on a note that makes the reader question or think why her cells continued to grow or be immortal even with the fact Henrietta is gone.

Which of the following best describes the images in the last sentence of the paragraph ("Suddenly her body went rigid...")?

It is described by imagery which shows how much pain Henrietta was in, that her family had to help her cope with the pain she was going through. Which emphasized, more or less, that she was about to die.

The paragraph beginning "When Henrietta's cousin Emmett..." (Chapter 10) suggests that:

It suggests that Emmett deeply cared about Henrietta and would drop down anything to help her since she has helped him throughout his own life.

What does the relationship between the second and third paragraphs suggest (in the prologue) ?

It suggests that people do not know about her backstory, but only for the dissected cancerous cells that were in her body. Society knew her only for the scientific part of her life and did not take into consideration what her life was before.

The author includes information (Chapter 3) on TeLinde's research primarily to

Provide background information about cervical cancer and TeLinde's thesis that carcinoma in situ was the same thing as invasive carcinoma. His idea led him to the idea of finding a way to grow live samples of tissue and eventually led to him calling George Gey who discovered the immortal HeLa cells.

Towards the end of Chapter 1, the author includes "a quick sketch of her life, and a litany of untreated conditions" to

Provide more details that are medically and contextually useful for the reader to understand Henrietta's life in another manner. It shows the reader that Henrietta is very hesitant or neglectful to getting treatment from the doctor due to the lack of education she has been provided which has caused her not to be able to make careful or formed decisions about her health. It showed she was also untreated for such conditions as syphilis and gonorrhea.

The author chooses to juxtapose chapter 1 and 2 in order to

Provide the reader with a contrast between the medical and personal side of Henrietta Lacks, so that as reading throughout the book the reader learns about the scientific achievements and history of Henrietta and as well as her personal life.

Which of the following stylistic features is used most extensively in Deborah's Voice?

She uses a mixture of a colloquial and slang dialect of a strong southern accent that is coming from Deborah's own words.

The sentences "They didn't realize she was dying. They thought the doctors were still trying to cure her." (Chapter 8) are most probably included to:

Show how her own family was naive and clueless to what was going on with Henrietta Lacks and her medical conditions. Also makes the reader to sympathize and be thoughtful of the fact her family did not know what was going on with Henrietta.

The effect of italicizing the words "Oh child, you have no idea what you're getting into" (third paragraph of Chapter 6) is to

Show what he was truly saying to Rebecca when he responded with "Oh you are". It was there to show what he thought to himself of Rebecca trying to get interviews and information about the family. It also is expressed in a way that what he feels like what she is doing is going to be impossible and a hard time for Rebecca to gather or contact anyone from the Lacks' family.

The function of the parenthetical clauses in the paragraph that begins "Gey was a reckless visionary---" (towards the end of the chapter 4) serve to

That Gey was not fully aware of the consequences,did not consider the importance to think in a detailed manner or just quickly implemented his actions when it came to his ideas and experiments without thought and shoved everything to the side to focus on his own scientific work. It also means he was resourceful with what he had and used those items he had to help him with his experiments and ideas.

Which of the following is true of the comparisons in the paragraph beginning "Carrel's eccentricities fed..." (Chapter 7)?

The KKK had similar robes and hoods as similar to what Carrel's lab used.

The line beginning "All we can know for sure..." (Chapter 8) and the subsequent paragraph imply that

The author lacked information of her conditions due to the doctors not taking into consideration or seriousness of what pain Henrietta was feeling and just generally lacked to consider what they could do or find to help prevent her from getting worse. They did not go into detail of why and how she was feeling this way.

What is the relationship between the first two paragraphs in the prologue?

The first two paragraphs describe the specific features and the accomplishments Henrietta Lacks was used for after her life which was received from scientists after her death. Both paragraphs relate to her by describing who she was but from different perspectives like her features and accomplishments.

The author uses the phrase "the dividing line...was stark" (Chapter 10) to set up a comparison between:

The two towns of Lacks Town and Clover which compared the state of the land, how it looked, or how it has been aged or maintained.

The author mentions the radio playing in the background chiefly because:

To describe her own perspective of being in the house and somehow coordinated itself into the conversation between Rebecca and Henrietta's cousin Hector Henry which they discussed Henrietta as the radio discussed a Preacher talking about sickness. In a way it is ironic that he put on a radio which discussed Christian beliefs and illnesses as Hector discussed voodoo and supernatural experiences which he felt connected to his and Henrietta's medical conditions.

The final sentence (Chapter 11) serves to:

To show that Henrietta predicted her death on that specific day and provides proof of her passing. It also leaves the reader in shock and remorse, and provides no further explanation after her passing to show the seriousness of her death.

On the basis of the first two paragraphs in the Prologue, Rebecca Skloot is best characterized as a writer who is

an author characterized as curious, conveyed into the interest of knowing Henrietta Lacks beyond her being a part of science's history, wants to know the unknown part of her life.

When the novel moves from the first chapter to the second, it also moves from

moves from 1951 to 1920-1941, which was around the youthful time of Henrietta Lacks.

The effect of mentioning how Jim Crow impacted treatment at Hopkins is to (Chapter 1):

show how unfair, discriminating, careless hospitals were to black people. They did not take their treatment seriously, and just gave black people what they needed. Or they would have given them a sort of treatment but not as helpful or useful to what a white man would have gotten during the Jim Crow laws. It also showed that this segregation gave many unfair advantages to black people who needed to urgently go to the hospital.

Compared with that of the rest of the paragraph that begins "Moments after hanging up the phone..." (Chapter 6) the diction of the end of the section (starts with paragraph "No interviews.") is

Coming from excitement to monotone or quiet of the interviews by Rebecca Skloot.

On the last page of Chapter 5, "her urine came out feeling like broken glass" functions as a simile to

Describe the extreme amount of pain she was experiencing from urination after the effects of radiation and X-ray therapy.

The author's attitude toward the Henrietta story can be described as:

Sympathetic, Caring, Curious, and generally Passionate about Henrietta's story.

By the end of Chapter 6, which of the following statements is best supported by information describing Rebecca Skloot's interactions with the Lacks family?

"Years later I'd understand how a young boy could know why I was calling just from the sound of my voice: the only time white people called Day was when they wanted something having to do with HeLa cells. (Skloot, 55)"

The author develops the chapter (Chapter 4) primarily through

3rd person point of views of the details of George Gey's personal and scientifical major areas of his life and his experimental laboratory which would lead to the discovery of the immortal HeLa cell they took from Henrietta.

The organization of Part I can be described as:

An organized variety of information, mixed, different, constantly changing.