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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Green Hell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the family in which snapping turtles belong?
(a) Osteopygis.
(b) Chelydridae.
(c) Solemydidae.
(d) Neurankylidae.

2. The Fakahatchee Strand is 25 miles south of where?
(a) Naples, Florida.
(b) Jacksonville, Florida.
(c) Orlando, Florida.
(d) Gainesville, Florida.

3. From what university did Susan Orlean graduate?
(a) The University of Kentucky.
(b) The University of Indiana.
(c) The University of Illinois.
(d) The University of Michigan.

4. What killed most of Larouche's nursery stock after his car accident?
(a) A hurricane.
(b) Hail.
(c) Snow.
(d) A frost.

5. John Laroche claimed his plan was to teach the Seminoles everything he knows about what?
(a) Botany.
(b) Nature.
(c) The swamp.
(d) Cypress trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was John Laroche born?

2. What does CITES stand for?

3. John Laroche was in a car accident which led to what defect?

4. Where did John Laroche grow up?

5. Where did the park ranger which Susan met in A Green Hell take her?

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