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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where was Erika Cheung working when she received a letter from Theranos lawyers during Carreyrou's investigation?

3. Whose quote closed out Carreyrou's initial article on Theranos in the WSJ?

4. In what publication did Elizabeth Holmes state in an interview after Carreyrou's reporting that she was the victim of sexism?

5. How old was Kyle Logan when he joined the Theranos team?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the status of Theranos today?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is Adam Clapper and what is his involvement with Theranos?

8. How did Theranos affect the Shultz family?

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

10. Who was among the Theranos delegation that came to the Wall Street Journal's offices for their first meeting, as described in Chapter 21?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Dr. Jay Rosen? What connection does he have to Theranos? How did the rise and the later downfall of Theranos affect Rosen and his career?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Edmund Ku? Where did he grow up? What did he study and where? How did he become employed at Theranos and in what capacity? When and why did he leave the company?

Essay Topic 3

What was Theranos's mission as a company? Who founded it? When was it founded? What products did it promise to produce? Why did the company fail?

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