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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 code name of the device Theranos was developing to replace the Edison machines?
(a) 6S.
(b) 3S.
(c) 4S.
(d) 2S.

2. Who is the former Netscape founder whose wife had profiled Holmes for the New York Times's style magazine?
(a) Marc Andreessen.
(b) Matt Bissel.
(c) Vernon Loucks.
(d) John Howard.

3. Who did Sunny Balwani recruit to take on Alan Beam's position on the lab's CLIA license?
(a) Sunil Dhawan.
(b) Michael Craig.
(c) Jay Rosan.
(d) Heather King.

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

5. Who were the two doctors that Theranos lawyers claimed had been misrepresented in Carreyrou's investigative story on Theranos in a letter sent to the WSJ's counsel?
(a) Lauren Beardsley and Saman Rezaie.
(b) Arnold Gelb and Clive Wilkinson.
(c) Matt Bissel and Chris Todd.
(d) Michael Craig and James Mattis.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did Ian Gibbons die?

4. Of the two labs at Theranos headquarters, the upper one is said to have been nicknamed Jurassic Park while the lower lab was nicknamed what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How did Theranos affect the Shultz family?

8. What is the status of Theranos today?

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

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

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