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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many species are in the Bulbophyllum genus of orchids?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 2,500.

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

3. What does CITES stand for?
(a) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna.
(b) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
(c) Convention on International Trade in Exotic Species of Plants..
(d) Convention on International Trade in Exotic Species of Cultivated Plants.

4. When did Charles Darwin publish Fertilization of Orchids?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1861.

5. 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?
(a) Epiphyte.
(b) Chamaephyte.
(c) Cryptophyte.
(d) Phanerophyte.

6. Orchids are considered the most _____ flowering plants on earth.
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Evolved.
(c) Rare.
(d) Primitive.

7. How did John Laroche find out about the job working for the Seminoles?
(a) Television commercial.
(b) Through his brother.
(c) Newspaper ad.
(d) Craigslist.

8. John Laroche is introduced as being an eccentric person who is tall, skinny and handsome despite what?
(a) Missing his left arm.
(b) Missing eight fingers.
(c) Missing his front teeth.
(d) Missing an ear.

9. What parts of the Ghost Orchid did Susan and her park ranger friend see in A Green Hell?
(a) Roots.
(b) Pollen.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Leaves.

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

11. What type of orchid has a stem which grows from a single bud in which leaves are added from the apex each year, and the stem grows longer accordingly?
(a) Monopodial.
(b) Tripodial.
(c) Sympodial.
(d) Autopodial.

12. Where did Laroche invite Susan to an orchid show in Gorgeous?
(a) Tallahassee.
(b) Miami.
(c) Fort Lauderdale.
(d) Atlanta.

13. What kind of pollination do orchids undergo?
(a) They do not pollinate.
(b) Auto-polination.
(c) Self-pollination.
(d) Cross-pollination.

14. When was John Laroche born?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1958.

15. Who was put into a coma from the car accident John Laroche had?
(a) His wife.
(b) His neighbor.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was John Laroche accused of stealing orchids from in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

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

4. What refers to any of a class of angiosperm plants having a single cotyledon in the seed?

5. What refers to a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived?

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