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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 old was Kyle Logan when he joined the Theranos team?
(a) 25.
(b) 22.
(c) 32.
(d) 19.

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

3. What Theranos software engineer did Balwani task with writing an application for the miniLab's software that masked test malfunctions?
(a) Sunil Dhawan.
(b) Michael Craig.
(c) Jay Rosan.
(d) Heather King.

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

5. How much money was Theranos paying Channing Robertson ostensibly as a consultant at the time of the Fuisz trial?
(a) $300,000 a year.
(b) $800,000 a year.
(c) $500,000 a year.
(d) $100,000 a year.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When Elizabeth Holmes interviewed with Roger Parloff, what valuation did she assign to Theranos?

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

5. When was Carreyrou's story on Theranos published in the Wall Street Journal?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did some Theranos employees manage to evade Sunny's unpredictability in the office?

3. What is the status of Theranos today?

4. How did Theranos affect the Shultz family?

5. How did Roger Parloff contribute to Elizabeth Holmes's rise to fame?

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

7. Who is Rupert Murdoch and why is he important in this story?

8. What came after Carreyrou's first article in the WSJ was published?

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

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

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