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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Daniel Young succeed as head of Theranos's biomath team?
(a) Vernon Loucks.
(b) Wade Miquelon.
(c) John Howard.
(d) Seth Michelson.

3. Who were the three former Theranos employees that the company announced it was suing for theft of intellectual property in 2007?
(a) Camille Parmesan, Vince Rodgers, and Sheila Johnson.
(b) William Vollmann, Paul Erlich, and Jeff Goodell.
(c) Michael O'Connell, Chris Todd, and John Howard.
(d) Pat Roberts, Marcia Brodeur, and Steve Roswell.

4. What was the name of Richard Fuisz's medical film business?
(a) Amgen.
(b) Biogen.
(c) Medcom.
(d) Regeneron.

5. 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) Brooklyn Heights.
(b) Midtown Manhattan.
(c) Newark, New Jersey.
(d) Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Chris Holmes join the team at Enron?

2. For what company had Tony Nugent worked that made a simpler version of what Theranos was trying to build?

3. In what year did Elizabeth Holmes begin attending college?

4. Into what company's former headquarters had Theranose moved by 2012?

5. Where did Alberto Gutierrez earn his Ph.D. in chemistry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "immunoassay" mean and why is it relevant to Theranos?

2. What was the original name and mission of the company that would become Theranos?

3. What arrangement was made between Theranos and Pfizer in 2006/2007?

4. Why did Shoemaker and Holmes have anymosity for one another regarding Theranos?

5. How was Avidnostics similar to Theranos? How was it different?

6. Why was Kent Frankovich hired at Theranos? What was his employment history like?

7. Who is Shaunuk Roy and how did he come to be involved with Theranos?

8. Who is Mark Zuckerberg and why is he an important tech figure?

9. Who is Henry Mosley and what was his position at Theranos?

10. What material did the author use in writing Bad Blood, according to his statement in the Author's Note?

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