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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. 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?

2. How much money was Theranos paying Channing Robertson ostensibly as a consultant at the time of the Fuisz trial?

3. Where had John Fuisz and Mike Underhill been colleagues?

4. Who is the former Netscape founder whose wife had profiled Holmes for the New York Times's style magazine?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ian Gibbons die? How did his death impact Theranos?

2. What is the status of Theranos today?

3. What is significant about the FDA's approval for Theranos to run a test for herpes?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did Alan Beam tell Carreyrou about the Edisons in their first discussion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the hurdles that author John Carreyrou faced in his investigative reporting on Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes. What were the legal issues faced? What issues arose based on ownership of the Wall Street Journal? How were these issues faced?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Sunny Balwani and what was his position at Theranos? How does the author describe his interpersonal behavior? What was Balwani's relationship like with Elizabeth Holmes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between Theranos and Safeway. What commitments were made between these two companies? What came to fruition of those agreements? What happened after the fallout of Theranos?

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