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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Orchid Fever.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Orchid Fever, Susan writes that the international trade in orchids is more than how much per year?
(a) $700 million.
(b) $2 billion.
(c) $200 million.
(d) $10 billion.

2. When was Du Pont founded?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1802.

3. Where did John Laroche grow up?
(a) East Tampa.
(b) Downtown Tampa.
(c) South Miami.
(d) North Miami.

4. Susan Orlean has been a staff writer for what periodical since 1992?
(a) Time Magazine.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) Rolling Stone.

5. Where was Susan Orlean born?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Buffalo, New York.
(c) Cleveland, Ohio.
(d) Detroit, Michigan.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Hurricane Andrew hit, Laroche had given up his nursery business forever, saying that he would die of what if he ever opened one up again?

2. Who was put into a coma from the car accident John Laroche had?

3. Where did Susan first read about John Laroche?

4. What word refers to the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image or desire?

5. When was Charles Darwin born?

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