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

2. Where did Chinmay Pangarkar earn his Ph.D. in chemical engineering?

3. What was the code name of the device Theranos was developing to replace the Edison machines?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the status of Theranos today?

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

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

5. How did Roger Parloff contribute to Elizabeth Holmes's rise to fame?

6. How did Theranos respond when the company learned Carreyrou was writing an investigative piece on the company?

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

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

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

10. How did Theranos affect the Shultz family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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