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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. What blog did Adam Clapper run when he contacted the author about Theranos?

2. Who did Sunny Balwani recruit to take on Alan Beam's position on the lab's CLIA license?

3. How much was the "innovation fee" (160) that was agreed upon for Walgreens to pay Theranos for launching its blood-testing services in their pharmacy chains?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the status of Theranos today?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the atmosphere of Silicon Valley in the years from 2002-2019. What companies are headquartered in Silicon Valley? How does the author characterize the culture of Silicon Valley? How did this culture influence Theranos's rise and fall?

Essay Topic 2

What kind of company is Chiat\Day? How was the company involved with Theranos? What employees from Chiat\Day came to work for Theranos?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Steve Jobs's career and discuss his influences on Elizabeth Holmes. Why did Holmes admire Jobs? What are specific examples of how she modeled herself in his image? Do you think that Holmes's admiration for Jobs was a positive or negative trait, given her actions?

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