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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two - Cloning the Ghost.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What refers to a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived?
(a) Zygote.
(b) Clone.
(c) Parent.
(d) Offspring.

3. Pollination of the Ghost Orchid is done by what?
(a) The giant orchid spider.
(b) The Florida jumping beetle.
(c) The giant sphinx moth.
(d) The swamp hummingbird.

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

5. The Seminole tribe were looking for someone to start a nursery because they owned how much land in Florida?
(a) Thousands of acres.
(b) Hundreds of acres.
(c) Millions of acres.
(d) 100 acres.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John Laroche plan on doing with the orchids he stole in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

2. What kind of orchid was John Laroche accused of attempting to steal in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

3. John Laroche claimed of his family that the Laroches were a family of what?

4. Where did Susan witness John Laroche's trial in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

5. What refers to a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales?

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