Think 1: Cite evidence from the Prologue to explain why Henrietta’s cells are so important.
Because they hold an important piece that would help many lives and also the evidence is that
Think 2: How did Loretta Pleasant come to be Henrietta Lacks? Explain using evidence from the text.
What happened to her that was the reason she was named Henrietta but also in the text the doctors wouldn’t tell her anything about her cells
Think 3: Using evidence from the text, explain why doctors used patients from public wards for medical research in the 1950s. What did doctors fail to tell Henrietta during her treatment?
Because they got medicare for free and gave them away
Think 4: Using details from the text, describe George Gey.pg 38
He is a guy who thought more about himself than the patient and instead of asking he js takes and he would sell her cells for just 20 bucks
Think 5: Describe the life of Henrietta and the extended Lacks family using evidence from the text.
She was a woman who worked hard and her family had lives but they cared about her and wanted to know what was going on but not being told what it was
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