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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. Where did Alan Beam study pre-med when he moved to the U.S.?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Princeton.

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

3. For how long had Tyler Shultz worked at Theranos?
(a) 10 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 2 months.

4. How did Ian Gibbons die?
(a) He was murdered.
(b) He was in a car accident.
(c) He committed suicide.
(d) He died of complications from cancer.

5. How much money did Rupert Murdoch invest in Uber?
(a) $2 billion.
(b) $430 million.
(c) $150,000.
(d) $50 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who signed the letter that was hand-delivered to Erika Cheung regarding her avoiding litigation from Theranos?

2. How much money did Rupert Murdoch invest in Theranos in their last round of fundraising, according to the author in Chapter 23?

3. How much was the "innovation fee" (160) that was agreed upon for Walgreens to pay Theranos for launching its blood-testing services in their pharmacy chains?

4. What Theranos software engineer did Balwani task with writing an application for the miniLab's software that masked test malfunctions?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the status of Theranos today?

3. What is the ADVIA 1800 and what is its involvement at Theranos?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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