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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. When did Robert Fuchs begin growing orchids professionally?

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

3. What is Lee Moore's profession, according to CITES and the US Government?

4. How many plants called Elaine were to be dumped at Kerry's Bromeliads?

5. What was the name of Gary Zill's nursery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does CITES stand for? What conflict do people have about CITES' regulations?

2. What did the Gulf American Company sell?

3. What plant smuggler did Susan meet in Barbecued Doves? What did his wife talk about?

4. Describe Robert Fuchs' family. When had they begun in the orchid business?

5. What nursery had the Fennells owned? Why had they closed it?

6. What orchid show did Susan attend in Fortunes? Who did she see there?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the life and work of Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward. How did Ward's work change the plant-shipping industry?

Essay Topic 2

How was the orchid trade during Victorian times is different than it is today? What dangers existed during that period? Are there dangers in hunting today?

Essay Topic 3

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

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