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

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

3. What is the name of Lee Moore's wife?
(a) Cindy.
(b) Candy.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Chady.

4. What is Lee Moore's profession, according to CITES and the US Government?
(a) Plant smuggler.
(b) Fisherman.
(c) Drug smuggler.
(d) Tour guide.

5. What monkeys are the genus Lagothrix of New World monkeys, usually placed in the family Atelidae?
(a) Owl Monkeys.
(b) Wooly Monkeys.
(c) Capuchins.
(d) Squirrel Monkeys.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who took Susan for a hike along with two inmates from a work-release program of the Copeland Road Prison?

3. The Florida Seminoles are descendants of the Yuchi, Creek and what tribe?

4. 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?

5. What company did Laroche go on to start after leaving the plant world behind?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who had traveled to Washington D. C. on horseback to repeal a law amongst the Seminoles?

2. What was the result of many poachers taking plants from swamps in south Florida?

3. What did Laroche do with the stolen orchids? What is revealed of them in The Good Life?

4. Describe plant poaching in south Florida. What examples does Susan provide in Plant Crimes?

5. What did the Gulf American Company sell?

6. What did Motes teach Susan about orchid breeding and monopolies?

7. What decision did the judge reach in Laroche's case?

8. What about Laroche did Susan marvel about in Fortunes? What did Laroche go on to work with after plants?

9. What did Tom Fennell say of Laroche's plan with the Ghost Orchid?

10. Discuss the beginning history of the Fakahatchee Strand described in The Good Life.

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