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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Alan Beam grow up?
(a) Germany.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Australia.
(d) France.

2. What German conglomerate's medical-products subsidiary produced the ADVIA machines?
(a) Siemens Healthcare.
(b) Gilead Sciences.
(c) Biogen Incorporated.
(d) Vetrex Pharmaceuticals.

3. Where had Kyle Logan completed his chemical engineer studies before joining the Theranos team?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Stanford.
(d) Yale.

4. Where was Rupert Murdoch born?
(a) Germany.
(b) England.
(c) Australia.
(d) The United States.

5. Who did Sunny Balwani recruit to take on Alan Beam's position on the lab's CLIA license?
(a) Jay Rosan.
(b) Sunil Dhawan.
(c) Michael Craig.
(d) Heather King.

6. For how long had Tyler Shultz worked at Theranos?
(a) 10 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 8 months.

7. Who signed the letter that was hand-delivered to Erika Cheung regarding her avoiding litigation from Theranos?
(a) Heather King.
(b) Michael Craig.
(c) Jay Rosan.
(d) David Boies.

8. On what date did Elizabeth Holmes sign a contract with Walgreens promising to launch its blood-testing services in some of the pharmacy chain's stores by February of 2013?
(a) September 23, 2015.
(b) June 5, 2012.
(c) May 23, 2014.
(d) June 10, 2015.

9. Carreyrou states that Tyler Shultz's reasons for opening up to him about Theranos was twofold. One, he worried about patients getting inaccurate test results. What was the second reason?
(a) He worried about his mother's reputation.
(b) He worried about his future employment.
(c) He worried about media exposure.
(d) He worried about his grandfather's reputation.

10. Who is the lawyer that Theranos hired in its suit against the Fuiszes?
(a) Jay Rosan.
(b) Arnold Gelb.
(c) Clive Wilkinson.
(d) David Boies.

11. Who did Alan Beam say was running Theranos's day-to-day operations when she first spoke with John Carreyrou?
(a) Tara Lencioni.
(b) John Laurens.
(c) Jay Rosan.
(d) Sunny Balwani.

12. Who was the chairman of Cox Enterprises when they invested in Theranos?
(a) Jim Kennedy.
(b) Matt Bissel.
(c) Vernon Loucks.
(d) John Howard.

13. What is the chemical symbol for potassium?
(a) Q.
(b) K.
(c) N.
(d) P.

14. Who was Carreyrou's editor and the head of the investigations team at the Wall Street Journal during the Theranos scandal?
(a) Heather King.
(b) Mike Siconolfi.
(c) Jay Rosan.
(d) Michael Craig.

15. Who was the editor in chief at the Wall Street Journal when the author was conducting his investigation into Theranos?
(a) Vernon Loucks.
(b) Gerry Baker.
(c) Matt Bissel.
(d) John Howard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Elizabeth Holmes's uncle who died from cancer?

2. Where did Alan Beam study pre-med when he moved to the U.S.?

3. What is the chemical symbol for phosphorus?

4. When was Roger Parloff's cover story on Elizabeth Holmes published?

5. What was the title of John Carreyrou's WSJ article on Theranos?

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