The Orchid Thief Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Susan Orlean
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 126 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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The Orchid Thief Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Susan Orlean
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Barbecued Doves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who took Susan for a hike along with two inmates from a work-release program of the Copeland Road Prison?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Katherine.
(c) Annette.
(d) Jennifer.

2. What is a term for any one of a large number of unrelated small to medium sized species of parrot, that generally have long tail feathers?
(a) Macaw.
(b) Cockatoo.
(c) Parakeet.
(d) Merganser.

3. What company had begun logging the Fakahatchee Strand for cypress trees in the 1950s?
(a) John Smith Swamp Logging.
(b) Steven's Timber Company.
(c) The Lee Tidewater Cypress Company.
(d) Jones Forestry Inc.

4. What did Laroche do with the stolen orchids which didn't die?
(a) Put them in pots.
(b) Hid them.
(c) Sold them.
(d) Glued them to trees.

5. The poisonous South American toad now can grow up to how long?
(a) 4 inches.
(b) 7 inches.
(c) 5 inches.
(d) 9 inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of smuggling did Lee Moore's wife regale when she met Susan?

2. What is a semi-aquatic tropical plant grown as a leaf vegetable also known as "swamp cabbage"?

3. What is the name of Charles Darwin's work of scientific literature which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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