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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. Who did Elizabeth Holmes appoint as a new board director after the publication of the first two articles by Carreyrou?

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

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

5. Where did Alan Beam study pre-med when he moved to the U.S.?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

5. How did Theranos affect the Shultz family?

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

7. Who is Adam Clapper and what is his involvement with Theranos?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the concept and development of Theranos in comparison with tech startups such as Facebook, iPhone, Uber, Twitter, etc. How did these companies come to fruition and how did they rise? How does the medical-tech industry differ from the tech industry? How does the author explore this difference thematically in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the atmosphere of communication at the headquarters of Theranos. How does the author describe the relationship between the chemical department and the engineering compartment? What were the reasons that the communication was as it was? How did this atmosphere affect the product they were creating?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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