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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Anyone Can Grow Orchids.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When was Du Pont founded?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1888.
2. John Laroche was in a car accident which led to what defect?
(a) A fake nose.
(b) A glass eye.
(c) A prosthetic leg.
(d) He lost his front teeth.
3. Hollywood, Florida is just south of what city?
(a) Miami.
(b) Palm Bay.
(c) Orlando.
(d) Fort Lauderdale.
4. What park ranger did Susan meet in A Green Hell?
(a) Mark.
(b) Mike.
(c) Troy.
(d) Tony.
5. How many acres make up the Fakahatchee Strand?
(a) 143,775.
(b) 63,000.
(c) 36,450.
(d) 24,000.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whose family had owned the Orchid Jungle before winning the lottery?
2. What is a fungicide which was introduced in 1968 by DuPont and is a systemic benzimidazole fungicide that is selectively toxic to microorganisms and to invertebrates, especially earthworms?
3. Where is Denise from in Anyone Can Grow Orchids?
4. What is a plant that grows upon another plant non-parasitically or sometimes upon some other object, derives its moisture and nutrients from the air and rain and sometimes from debris accumulating around it, and is found in the temperate zone?
5. What killed most of Larouche's nursery stock after his car accident?
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