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

2. How did Ian Gibbons die?

3. Who was the deputy general counsel of the Wall Street Journal's parent company that attended the meeting with Theranos?

4. Who described trying to set up Elizabeth Holmes on dates in a New Yorker article featuring her?

5. Where was Carmen Washington working when John Carreyrou contacted her regarding the Theranos blood analyzers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Elizabeth Holmes's rise to fame following the cover article on her in Fortune Magazine. How did this article promote Holmes? What demeanor and appearance did she project? How did this feature influence investors in Theranos?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the structure of Bad Blood. How would you describe the literary style of the book? What literary devices does the author employ to compel the reader forward? Does this book follow a standard nonfiction format or does it differ?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the claims that Elizabeth Holmes made regarding the capacities of the Edison machines. What were they capable of testing in her claims? What were they capable of testing in reality? What made this technology stand out?

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