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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Cryptophyte.
(b) Epiphyte.
(c) Phanerophyte.
(d) Chamaephyte.

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

3. Where was John Laroche born?
(a) Georgia.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Florida.

4. Where did Susan witness John Laroche's trial in The Millionaire's Hothouse?
(a) Tampa, Florida.
(b) Miami, Florida.
(c) Naples, Florida.
(d) Savannah, Ga.

5. What is the name of Charles Darwin's work of scientific literature which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology?
(a) On the Origin of Species.
(b) My Evolutionary Argument.
(c) Chimp and Human Evolution.
(d) We Are All Chimps.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many species are in the Epidendrum genus of orchids?

2. When did Frederick Sander meet Benedict Roezl?

3. Who was put into a coma from the car accident John Laroche had?

4. At what strength did Hurricane Andrew hit south Florida?

5. Of what profession was Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where had John Laroche first been inspired to grow plants?

2. What did Susan think of Laroche after the orchid show in Gorgeous? What did he ask her?

3. What legal loophole did Laroche hope to employ in taking the Ghost Orchids?

4. Who was William Micholitz? What story is related of him?

5. Where did Susan first learn of John Laroche? Where did she go to learn more?

6. What did the judge concur after hearing Laroche at trial in The Millionaire's Hothouse? Where did Laroche take Susan afterward?

7. Why did the park ranger tell Susan he believes people strive to see the Ghost Orchid?

8. What knowledge did Laroche reveal while at an orchid show in Gorgeous? What did Susan learn there?

9. Who took Susan into the Fakahatchee Strand in A Green Hell? What was he like?

10. Where did Laroche take Susan in Gorgeous?

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