Henrietta Lacks ESCAPE ROOM

Escape room The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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Lesson 01

Venture through the haunted forest.

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question 1/4

What does Rebecca Skloot do for a living?

English Teacher

Science Writer

Cancer Researcher

question 2/4

What figure of speech is Skloot using when she describes a cell as looking “a lot like a fried egg”?

allusion

simile

hyperbole

question 2/4

Although her cancer spread, Henrietta was initially diagnosed with what kind of cancer?

breast canver

cervical cancer

ovarian cancer

QUESTION 3/4

Who is Donald Defler?

A professor at Morehouse School of Medicine who was the first to discover Henrietta’s identity

The scientist who uses Henrietta’s cancer tissue to create the first immortal cell line called HeLa

Rebecca Skloot’s biology teacher

question 4/4

What happened to Elsie Lacks?

She moved to Turner Station to try and earn money to pay for Henrietta’s medical care.

She ran away to live with her grandfather

She was instituionalized

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Lesson 02

Potions. The perfect combination to make the best potion.

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question 1/4

What is the correct word for the definition

the quality of being coherent and easily understood

clarity

ethical

res ilent

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question 2/4

What is the correct word for the definition?

not subject to death

immortal

mitosis

pathology

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question 3/4

What is the correct word for the definition?

examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease

exam

biospy

mitosis

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question 4/4

What is the correct word for the definition?

reproduce or make an exact copy of

curt

replicate

tract

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Lesson 03

Fortune telling. What is the correct future dictated by the cards.

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question 1/4

What did George Gey hope to accomplish with his HeLa cell research?

Clue

He hoped to make a lot of money.

He hoped to cure cancer.

He hoped to cure polio.

He hoped to cure syphilis.

question 2/4

What was Henrietta’s final request?

Clue

She wants her cousin Sadie to bring Elsie home from the hospital.

She wants Day to promise to take care of their children.

She wants to donate her body to Johns Hopkins, so it can be used for cancer research.

She wants to be cremated and her ashes scattered in Clover, Virginia.

question 3/4

Why did Henrietta choose Johns Hopkins instead of another hospital?

Clue

It is where the family doctor worked.

It was the closest hospital to her home.

It was the only major hospital in the area that treated black patients.

It was the best cancer hospital in the country at the time.

question 4/4

When Henrietta’s doctor refers to her as “a miserable specimen,” what does it reveal about his attitudetoward her?

Clue

That he was actually eager for her to die, so he could take tissue samples and sell them.

That he cared for her and was upset that there was nothing more he could do to save her.

That he didn’t believe that African Americans should be treated at Johns Hopkins.

That he had little sympathy for her as an individual and saw her as just another body that camethrough the hospital.

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Lesson 04

Enchantments. Which of these options is the best option.

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question 1/4

What year did Henrietta Lacks die?

1951

1902

question 2/4

Initially, the only reason Deborah agreed to speak to Rebecca Skloot was because she hoped to profit fromher mother's cells.

True

False

question 3/4

Which picture best represents Henrietta Lacks' family business

question 4/4

Henrietta gave her consent to using her cells

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Become an expert in witchcraft!

To do this you must complete the sorcery manual by overcoming each of the 4 lessons you will find: · Bewitched forest · Potions · Fortune telling · Enchantments Put your magical skills to the test and try not to fail or you will have to repeat the test.