KHANH LY Henrietta Lacks Movie Questions The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Movie Guide Due Sunday, November 28 (quiz grade) 1 What is special about the HeLa cell strain? Special about the HeLa stra[.]
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Movie Guide Due Sunday, November 28 (quiz grade) What is special about the HeLa cell strain? Special about the HeLa strain is that the first cell survives and reproduces very quick What are some of the diseases that the HeLa cells have helped treat? Some of the diseases that the HeLa cells have helped treat are cancer, leukemia and AIDS virus Why is Henrietta Lacks called “immortal?” Henrietta Lacks is called “immortal” because her cells could be divided multiple times without dying What is Rebecca Skloot’s background and why is Dr Patillo skeptical about her conducting the investigation into Henrietta Lacks? Rebecca Skloot is a journalist Dr Patillo is skeptical about her conducting the investigation into Henrietta Lacks because he’s skeptical about her knowledge on the history of white scientists using black Americans as the subjects of unethical experiments How did Skloot become interested in Henrietta Lacks? Skloot became interested in Henrietta Lacks because her father differed from Henrietta so she was curious about the woman behind those cells How does Deborah react to Skloot suggesting she share her mother’s story at first, and then the second time? The first time, she was excited but the second time, she changed her mind, she was feeling sad and didn’t want to talk with Skloot Summarize how the Lacks family feels about what happened to their mother and the doctors at Johns Hopkins who took Henrietta’s cells The Lacks family feels sad about what happened to their mother and they fell angry about the doctors at Johns Hopkins who took Henrietta’s cells 8 What does Deborah make Skloot promise her about her book? Deborah makes Skloot promise her that her book is writing the truth and getting the people to know about her mom (Henrietta Lacks) such as name What was really happening when the Asian scientist from Hopkins came to the Lacks’s house? When the Asian scientist from Hopkins came to the Lack’s house, they were asked to take blood and the Lacks family just knew the truth that everyone knew about Henrietta’s cells but they didn’t And the scientists stole their mother’s cells with permission 10 What does Deborah think is being done to the HeLa cells? What does Skloot that upsets her? Deborah thinks the cancer screening is being done to the HeLa cells Skloot tells the truth to Deborah that the blood samples were not for cancer screening but DNA research 11 How does Zakariyya feel about the cures HeLa cells have helped find and the doctors who took her cells? Zakariyya feels angry about the doctors who took her cells 12 Describe Henrietta Henrietta is a good-conditioned person and she’s pretty and kind 13 What we find out about Elsie? How did Henrietta feel about what happened? Elsie is a pretty girl, the biggest sister in Lacks family and she died so young 14 What does the doctor say about why there was no effort to explain things in detail to the Lacks family? The doctor says that the people understood anyway about why there was no effort to explain things in detail to the Lacks family 15 What does Skloot’s editor say about the draft of her book and what happens to him? Skloot’s editor says that she just talks with that family and keeps writing that 16 What does Deborah confront Skloot about? How does she respond? Deborah confronts Skloot about whether she is working for anyone or not She responds that she is not, she’s working for herself 17 Describe the “Alabama snake,” Sir Lord Keenan Kester Cofield, Esquire, and what he did to the family He sued Henrietta’s family, he sued everyone 18 What Deborah and Skloot find when they visit Crownsville? What had happened to Elsie? Deborah and Skloot find any record about what happened to Elsie The people in the hospital were holding Elsie’s neck and taking the picture Elsie was a subject in the laboratory in that hospital 19 Deborah describes the difficulties after her mother died What happened to her and her brother? Aunt Ethel hates them and she beats them, especially her brother All bad things came with her and her brother after her mother died 20 What does Deborah misunderstand about what happened to HeLa’s cells? Deborah misunderstands that the scientist cloned HeLa’s cells 21 How Deborah and Zakariyya react when they go see the cells? Deborah and Zakariyya feel more at peace with the cells and the research being done with them 22 What we learn in the credits at the end of the movie? We learned about the patient’s right and consent was not heard at that time and the story about Henrietta Lacks and her family ... getting the people to know about her mom (Henrietta Lacks) such as name What was really happening when the Asian scientist from Hopkins came to the Lacks? ??s house? When the Asian scientist from... doctors who took her cells 12 Describe Henrietta Henrietta is a good-conditioned person and she’s pretty and kind 13 What we find out about Elsie? How did Henrietta feel about what happened? Elsie... girl, the biggest sister in Lacks family and she died so young 14 What does the doctor say about why there was no effort to explain things in detail to the Lacks family? The doctor says that the