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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. How much money did the automated packaging line cost that Holmes purchased in anticipation of being able to ship the company's cartridges?
(a) $1 million.
(b) $10 million.
(c) $2 million.
(d) $5 million.

2. Where did Shaunak Roy grow up?
(a) New York.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Chicago.

3. When was the Clinical Improvement Amendments passed, under which Theranos had claimed their tests would be waived?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1998.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2005.

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

5. Where did Alberto Gutierrez earn his Ph.D. in chemistry?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Berkeley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in Palo Alto was the building that Theranos moved to in early 2008?

2. What did the private valuation for Facebook rise to in June of 2010?

3. What Mars rover did Kent Freankovich help to build?

4. What was Larree Renda's position at Safeway in 2010?

5. What is the name of Elizabeth Holmes's younger brother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is David Boies described by the author?

2. What did Yamamoto tell Sunny about the operations at Theranos when he concluded his surprise visit in 2012?

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

4. Where did Elizabeth Holmes grow up? What was her childhood like?

5. How is Larry Ellison described in Chapter 2?

6. What was the significance of Theranos's move from East Paly to their new headquarters in 2008?

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

8. What information is given of Sunny's past in Chapter 5? When did he come to the U.S.? Why?

9. How does the author describe the communication between the engineering and chemistry groups at Theranos?

10. Who is Susan DiGiaimo and what was her role at Theranos?

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