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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 John Carreyrou worked for the Wall Street Journal when he was tipped off about the Theranos story?
(a) 19 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 22 years.
(d) 12 years.

2. In what publication did Elizabeth Holmes state in an interview after Carreyrou's reporting that she was the victim of sexism?
(a) The New Yorker magazine.
(b) Bloomberg Businessweek.
(c) Fortune Magazine.
(d) The New York Times.

3. Who was hired to design the interior of the new building Theranos leased from Stanford in 2014?
(a) Jay Rosan.
(b) Clive Wilkinson.
(c) Tara Lencioni.
(d) Arnold Gelb.

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?
(a) Heather King.
(b) Michael Craig.
(c) Vernon Loucks.
(d) Jay Rosan.

5. Who is the lawyer that Theranos hired in its suit against the Fuiszes?
(a) Clive Wilkinson.
(b) Jay Rosan.
(c) David Boies.
(d) Arnold Gelb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is said to have leased a new Mercedes every six months in order to avoid having plates on his car?

2. Who requested a meeting with Dr. Sundene regarding John Carreyrou's investigation of Theranos (and was denied)?

3. What was the code name of the device Theranos was developing to replace the Edison machines?

4. Carreyrou states that Tyler Shultz's reasons for opening up to him about Theranos was twofold. One, he worried about patients getting inaccurate test results. What was the second reason?

5. How did Arnav Khanna devise a way to keep Sunny off his back?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who were the allies to Richard Fuisz in his efforts to question Holmes's activities, as described in Chapter 18?

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

7. Who from the Wall Street Journal attended the first meeting with the Theranos team, according to the author in Chapter 21?

8. What is the status of Theranos today?

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

10. Why was Erika Cheung terrified by the letter she received from Theranos following her relating information to Carreyrou?

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