Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. The home-house is
Where Henrietta and Day Lacks grew up
Former slave quarters
In rural Virginia
a former slave quarters in rural Virginia where Henrietta and Day Lacks grew up.
Q. Clover represents
Luck
Family
A rural place
Greenness
Q. HeLa cells symbolize
Biological materials
Henrietta's cancer cells
Humanity's struggle against mortality
Injustice
Q. For the Lacks family, HeLa cells represent
Henrietta.
A spiritual body.
A force of good.
Henrietta, a spiritual body, and a force of good.
Q. The picture of Elsie at Crownsville speaks to issues of
Racism and poverty
Adolescence
Over-medication of inmates
The education of doctors