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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What drug company made Celebrex?
(a) Pfizer.
(b) Amgen.
(c) GlaxoSmithCline.
(d) Gilead.

2. When did Lt. Col. Shoemaker make contact with the FDA directly by email regarding Theranos for the first time?
(a) June 14, 2012.
(b) September 2, 2009.
(c) January 3, 2010.
(d) December 9, 2011.

3. What was Lt. Col. Shoemaker's position when he encountered Theranos?
(a) Deputy Director for the Division of Regulated Activities and Compliance.
(b) Assistant Deputy Director for the Department of Defense.
(c) Deputy Director for the Defense Information Systems Agency.
(d) Deputy Director for the Defense Contract Management Agency.

4. Where in Palo Alto was the building that Theranos moved to in early 2008?
(a) Kimble Avenue.
(b) Hillview Avenue.
(c) Rockview Avenue.
(d) Waterman Avenue.

5. For how many years had Lt. Col. Shoemaker had a career in the army when he encountered Elizabeth Holmes?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 22 years.
(c) 16 years.
(d) 18 years.

6. What is the net worth that the author assigns to Larry Ellison in Chapter 2?
(a) $10 billion.
(b) $15 billion.
(c) $30 billion.
(d) $25 billion.

7. Where was Ed Ku born?
(a) South Africa.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Hong Kong.

8. In what position did Ana Arriola join Theranos?
(a) Head of IT.
(b) Laboratory supervisor.
(c) Head of the chemistry department.
(d) Chief design architect.

9. From what company did Tony Nugent order a $3,000 glue-dispensing robot that would become the heart of the new Theranos system?
(a) Microsoft.
(b) Logitech.
(c) Fisnar.
(d) Google.

10. Who was the human resources manager that told Ed Ku he was being let go from Theranos?
(a) Michael O'Connell.
(b) John Howard.
(c) Matt Bissel.
(d) Tara Lencioni.

11. What university campus was the new Theranos headquarters located next after relocating in 2008?
(a) Cal-Arts.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Stanford.
(d) Berkeley.

12. What company's chip-making subsidiary did John Howard oversee prior to joining the team at Theranos?
(a) IBM.
(b) Panasonic.
(c) Microsoft.
(d) Apple.

13. What Mars rover did Kent Freankovich help to build?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Opportunity.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Pathfinder.

14. When describing the move of Theranos' headquarters in Chapter 4, the author says it was the equivalent of moving from the South Bronx to where?
(a) Midtown Manhattan.
(b) Brooklyn Heights.
(c) Newark, New Jersey.
(d) Scranton, Pennsylvania.

15. What word in "laboratory speak" is synonymous with "blood test" (52)?
(a) Dialasis.
(b) MRI.
(c) Epislte.
(d) Assay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Tim Kemp been an executive before joining the Theranos team?

2. What previously unknown disease broke out in Asia in 2003?

3. What was Henry Mosley's position at Theranos when the company performed its first live demonstration for a major pharmaceutical company?

4. From what Silicon Valley premier law firm did Michael Esquivel join Theranos?

5. Where was Elizabeth Holmes born?

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