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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. What refers to a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales?
(a) Iridaceae.
(b) Boryaceae.
(c) Asteliaceae.
(d) Orchidaceae.

2. When did the Seminole Wars take place?
(a) 1816-1838.
(b) 1822-1856.
(c) 1828-1833.
(d) 1818-1858.

3. What word refers to the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image or desire?
(a) Impulsive.
(b) Erratic.
(c) Obsession.
(d) Fondness.

4. What refers to any of a class of angiosperm plants having a single cotyledon in the seed?
(a) Eudicot.
(b) Magnoliid.
(c) Monocot.
(d) Austrobaileyale.

5. What refers to an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state, and is legally prohibited?
(a) Judgement.
(b) Crime.
(c) Accident.
(d) Negligence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Susan first read about John Laroche?

3. Most Seminoles speak what language?

4. When was John Laroche born?

5. When did Hurricane Andrew hit the U.S. coast?

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