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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Orchid Fever, Susan writes that the international trade in orchids is more than how much per year?

2. Hollywood, Florida is just south of what city?

3. What type of orchid produces a series of adjacent shoots which grow to a certain size, bloom and then stop growing, to be then replaced?

4. What event had John Laroche attended which got him into plants and horticulture?

5. When was William Spencer Cavendish born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How big is the Fakahatchee Strand? What plants and animals live there?

2. Where did Susan go after the orchid show in Miami in Cloning the Ghost?

3. What does Susan remark about the power of orchids on people in Orchid Fever?

4. Describe the Seminole Indians. Where do they live?

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

6. Why had Laroche chosen orchids for cultivation? What did he begin with?

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

8. What did John Laroche reveal about his love of orchids in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

9. How had Laroche gone about building a nursery for the Seminoles?

10. Why did Susan decide to go into the Fakahatchee Strand in A Green Hell? How did she feel entering it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the fauna and flora of the Fakahatchee Strand. What dangerous animals must one be wary of in the swamps?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the history of Indian Reservations in the United States. How many tribes signed with the U.S. for land and assets? Did the Seminole?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the international orchid trade. When did the international orchid trade begin? Is it regulated? How?

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