4. What is the name of the website where current and former employees can review companies anonymously, and where one report titled "A pile of PR lies" about Theranos?

5. Who did Alan Beam say was running Theranos's day-to-day operations when she first spoke with John Carreyrou?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Theranos affect the Shultz family?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Elizabeth Holmes's childhood and education. What was her family like? Where did she grow up? Where did she study? What did she study?

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

Who is Shaunuk Roy? How did he come to be involved with Theranos? What position did he serve in the company? When and why did he leave?

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