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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Cattleya Orchid named?
(a) 1829.
(b) 1827.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1815.

2. What did Laroche do with the stolen orchids which didn't die?
(a) Glued them to trees.
(b) Hid them.
(c) Sold them.
(d) Put them in pots.

3. Robert Fuchs is described as a tall, striking, handsome man who is both envied and disliked due to his what?
(a) Politics.
(b) Status.
(c) Temper.
(d) Genius.

4. Robert Fuchs is from a family that has been growing orchids for how many generations?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

5. In what neighborhood of Miami does Lee Moore live?
(a) Flagami.
(b) Edgewater.
(c) Kendall.
(d) Allapattah.

6. Where did Susan meet nearly every other orchid grower she had met in Florida, including Martin Motes, Tom Fennell, Bob Fuchs, Frank Smith in Fortunes?
(a) The Central Florida Orchid Society Show.
(b) The Southeast Orchid Society Show.
(c) The South Florida Orchid Society Show.
(d) The North Florida Orchid Society Show.

7. Martin Motes was described by Susan Orlean as a recovering what?
(a) Gambler.
(b) Academic.
(c) Patient.
(d) Alcoholic.

8. When did the Billy Bowlegs War take place?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1867.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1884.

9. When did the legendary first Sapa Inca, Manco Capac, found the Kingdom of Cuzco?
(a) 1324.
(b) 1250.
(c) 1290.
(d) 1200.

10. Where is Denise from in Anyone Can Grow Orchids?
(a) Trinidad.
(b) Puerto Rico.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Cuba.

11. At the height of his smuggling days, Lee Moore had his own plane, two Lincoln Continentals, a large house and how much money in the bank?
(a) $600,000.
(b) $850,000.
(c) $2,500,000.
(d) $1,000,000.

12. Who took Susan for a hike along with two inmates from a work-release program of the Copeland Road Prison?
(a) Katherine.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Annette.
(d) Jennifer.

13. One of the most notorious plant crimes in Florida occurred when someone stole prize-winning orchids worth how much from the R. F. Orchids shadehouse?
(a) $500,000.
(b) $658,000.
(c) $250,000.
(d) $150,000.

14. How many greenhouses in the Orchid Jungle were destroyed by Hurricane Andrew?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 13.
(d) 4.

15. Where did Martin Motes drive to set up his display for the annual show in Fortunes?
(a) The Miami Mall.
(b) The Miami Convention Center.
(c) The Tampa Convention Center.
(d) The Tampa Arboretum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only way to reach the Fakahatchee Strand?

2. What apes in the family Hylobatidae are often smuggled into Florida?

3. What was the name of Robert Fuchs' great-grandfather?

4. One of the most notorious plant crimes in Florida happened in what year, according to the author in Plant Crimes?

5. What woman famous in the orchid community for her touch with Ghost Orchids suffered a plant crime when someone mysteriously destroys the pods of some of her orchids?

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