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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 did Arnav Khanna devise a way to keep Sunny off his back?
(a) He would write 500+ word email replies to him.
(b) He would talk to Elizabeth Holmes.
(c) He would flirt with Elizabeth Holmes.
(d) He would invite Sunny to business lunches.

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

3. What blog did Adam Clapper run when he contacted the author about Theranos?
(a) Lost Coast Blog.
(b) Society Blog.
(c) Pathology Blawg.
(d) Mechanics and Engineering.

4. How much did the ADVIA 1800 machine weigh?
(a) 243 pounds.
(b) 1,756 pounds.
(c) 545 pounds.
(d) 1,320 pounds.

5. Who requested a meeting with Dr. Sundene regarding John Carreyrou's investigation of Theranos (and was denied)?
(a) Sunny Balwani.
(b) Heather King.
(c) Michael Craig.
(d) Jay Rosan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Sunny Balwani recruit to take on Alan Beam's position on the lab's CLIA license?

2. Who did Alan Beam say was running Theranos's day-to-day operations when she first spoke with John Carreyrou?

3. In July of 2015, the FDA approved the Theranos proprietary finger-stick test for what?

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

5. What German conglomerate's medical-products subsidiary produced the ADVIA machines?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Theranos affect the Shultz family?

2. How did Ian Gibbons die? How did his death impact Theranos?

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

4. What is the status of Theranos today?

5. How did Theranos respond when the company learned Carreyrou was writing an investigative piece on the company?

6. How is the "chem 18" panel described?

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

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

9. Why were the Fuiszes not considered to be worthy sources to John Carreyrou?

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

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