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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. How many square feet of greenhouse makes up Kerry's Bromeliads?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 329,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 1,000,000.

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

3. When did Robert Fuchs begin growing orchids professionally?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1978.

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

5. Susan learned that if an orchid breeder comes up with a good cross fertilization, they will get the monopoly in the market for how long?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 10 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Osceola tricked and trapped on New Year's Day?

2. When did the legendary first Sapa Inca, Manco Capac, found the Kingdom of Cuzco?

3. The owners of the Orchid Jungle won how much money in the Florida state lottery?

4. The collector of Ghost Orchids in Plant Crimes had the secret of putting the baby ghost orchids in what kind of tree?

5. When did the Billy Bowlegs War take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How successful had the plant smuggler from Barbecued Doves been in his high time?

2. What are examples of things smuggled into Florida?

3. Who did Martin Motes take Susan to meet in Fortunes? What was Susan's impression?

4. What giant nursery did Tom Fennell take Susan to? What did they see there?

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

6. What did the Gulf American Company sell?

7. What did Susan envy about the orchid growers and collectors in Fortunes?

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

9. What is the only way into the Fakahatchee Strand? How was the road built?

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

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