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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 had John Fuisz and Mike Underhill been colleagues?
2. What Theranos software engineer did Balwani task with writing an application for the miniLab's software that masked test malfunctions?
3. In July of 2015, the FDA approved the Theranos proprietary finger-stick test for what?
4. 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?
5. Where had Kyle Logan completed his chemical engineer studies before joining the Theranos team?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Adam Clapper and what is his involvement with Theranos?
2. How did Alan Beam come to work for Theranos? What was his position?
3. What happened at Holmes's speech at the Clinical Chemistry conference described in Chapter 24?
4. What did Alan Beam tell Carreyrou about the Edisons in their first discussion?
5. Who is Rupert Murdoch and why is he important in this story?
6. How did some Theranos employees manage to evade Sunny's unpredictability in the office?
7. Who were the allies to Richard Fuisz in his efforts to question Holmes's activities, as described in Chapter 18?
8. How did Ian Gibbons die? How did his death impact Theranos?
9. Who was among the Theranos delegation that came to the Wall Street Journal's offices for their first meeting, as described in Chapter 21?
10. What is the status of Theranos today?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
Describe the Edison and the miniLab. What were these machines supposed to do? What were they actually capable of doing? How did the two prototypes differ from one another?
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