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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Kind of Direction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Studies at what university encouraged Charles Darwin's passion for natural science?
(a) Oxford University.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) University of Cambridge.

2. Of what profession was Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward?
(a) Surgeon.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Pilot.
(d) Ship Captain.

3. Where was Osceola born?
(a) Mobile, Alabama.
(b) Montgomery, Alabama.
(c) Tallassee, Alabama.
(d) Birmingham, Alabama.

4. Where was John Laroche accused of stealing orchids from in The Millionaire's Hothouse?
(a) Trilahasee Marsh.
(b) Bauxahatchee Preserve.
(c) Fakahatchee Strand.
(d) Stevenson Bog.

5. When was Charles Darwin born?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1827.
(d) 1809.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Susan Orlean born?

2. When was Frederick Sander born?

3. What kind of pollination do orchids undergo?

4. What did Laroche attempt to use to get in for free at the orchid show in Gorgeous?

5. Laroche told Susan that he understood her love of orchids because they bring about a sort of what in people?

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