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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Ana Arriola first meet with Elizabeth Holmes?
(a) Panera Cafe.
(b) Java Cafe.
(c) Coupa Cafe.
(d) Loosa's Cafe.

2. How much money did Theranos raise from investors in its third round of funding?
(a) $11 million.
(b) $32 million.
(c) $40 million.
(d) $23 million.

3. Who were the three former Theranos employees that the company announced it was suing for theft of intellectual property in 2007?
(a) Camille Parmesan, Vince Rodgers, and Sheila Johnson.
(b) William Vollmann, Paul Erlich, and Jeff Goodell.
(c) Michael O'Connell, Chris Todd, and John Howard.
(d) Pat Roberts, Marcia Brodeur, and Steve Roswell.

4. What is the name of Elon Musk's L.A.-based rocket company?
(a) Sojourner.
(b) Pathfinder.
(c) Spirit.
(d) SpaceX.

5. Where did Elizabeth Holmes attend college (before dropping out)?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

6. What hospital did Dr. Christian Holmes establish?
(a) The St. Joseph's General Hospital.
(b) The Little Rock General Hospital.
(c) The Cincinnati General Hospital.
(d) The Brooklyn Kings Hospital.

7. Where was Yves Behar born?
(a) Ukraine.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Russia.
(d) Poland.

8. At what conference in San Francisco did Steve Jobs unveil the iPhone in 2007?
(a) The EmTech Digital conference.
(b) The IBM think conference.
(c) The Consumer Electronics show.
(d) The Macworld conference.

9. Who is the CEO of hospital supplies Baxter International with whom Richard Fuitz had a history of conflict?
(a) Vernon Loucks.
(b) Matt Bissel.
(c) Ben Gordon.
(d) Chris Todd.

10. For what company had Tony Nugent worked that made a simpler version of what Theranos was trying to build?
(a) Google.
(b) Logitech.
(c) Cholestech.
(d) Microsoft.

11. In what year did Elizabeth Holmes begin attending college?
(a) 2005.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1996.
(d) 2002.

12. What university campus was the new Theranos headquarters located next after relocating in 2008?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) Cal-Arts.
(d) Stanford.

13. What is the net worth that the author assigns to Larry Ellison in Chapter 2?
(a) $25 billion.
(b) $10 billion.
(c) $30 billion.
(d) $15 billion.

14. Theranos' new headquarters in 2008 was just around the corner from the headquarters of what corporation?
(a) Google.
(b) Hewlett-Packard.
(c) Facebook.
(d) IBM.

15. Where did Kevin Hunter earn his MBA?
(a) Texas A and M.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) The University of Florida.
(d) Louisiana State University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Henry Mosley's position at Theranos when the company performed its first live demonstration for a major pharmaceutical company?

2. From what disease was Larree Renda's husband suffering when she first viewed Elizabeth Holmes's demonstration for Theranos?

3. What drug company made Celebrex?

4. Where had Tim Kemp been an executive before joining the Theranos team?

5. At what company did Elizabeth Holmes's father take a job in Houston when he moved his family there?

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