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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. What was the title of John Carreyrou's WSJ article on Theranos?
(a) "Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup."
(b) "A Prized Startup's Struggles."
(c) "Elizabeth Holmes: Who is She?"
(d) "Tech Giant Theranos Under Question."

2. Where was Timothy Hamill vice chairman of the Department of Laboratory Medicine when Carreyrou contacted him?
(a) The University of California, San Diego.
(b) Louisiana State University.
(c) The University of California, San Francisco.
(d) Texas A and M.

3. When did Elizabeth Holmes make a speech at the TEDMED conference in San Francisco regarding Theranos and describing her uncle's death?
(a) September, 2014.
(b) March, 2012.
(c) December, 2015.
(d) April, 2007.

4. What had John Carreyrou just completed a year-long investigation on when he was tipped off on Theranos?
(a) Julian Assange.
(b) Rupert Murdoch.
(c) Tax evasion fraud.
(d) Medicare fraud.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was hired to design the interior of the new building Theranos leased from Stanford in 2014?

2. Where did Suraj Saksena earn his Ph.D. in biochemistry and biophysics?

3. For how many years had John Carreyrou worked for the Wall Street Journal when he was tipped off about the Theranos story?

4. Who was a former Hillary Clinton aide and the new Theranos' general counsel when the team came to meet with Carreyrou at the WSJ offices?

5. How much money did Rupert Murdoch make from his investment in Uber?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was among the Theranos delegation that came to the Wall Street Journal's offices for their first meeting, as described in Chapter 21?

2. How did Alan Beam come to work for Theranos? What was his position?

3. Who is Adam Clapper and what is his involvement with Theranos?

4. What did Alan Beam tell Carreyrou about the Edisons in their first discussion?

5. How does the narrative style change in Chapter 19? Why?

6. How did Theranos affect the Shultz family?

7. What is significant about the FDA's approval for Theranos to run a test for herpes?

8. What is the status of Theranos today?

9. Who is George Shultz and what is his connection to Theranos?

10. What happened at Holmes's speech at the Clinical Chemistry conference described in Chapter 24?

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