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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Mortal Occupation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many acres make up the Fakahatchee Strand?
(a) 24,000.
(b) 36,450.
(c) 143,775.
(d) 63,000.

2. When was Frederick Sander born?
(a) 1835.
(b) 1831.
(c) 1828.
(d) 1847.

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

4. When did William Spencer Cavendish begin collecting orchids?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1826.
(d) 1828.

5. What refers to a wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water?
(a) Bog.
(b) Swamp.
(c) Tundra.
(d) Fen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Susan Orlean has been a staff writer for what periodical since 1992?

2. What event had John Laroche attended which got him into plants and horticulture?

3. When was Susan Orlean born?

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. When does the Ghost Orchid blossom?

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