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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Anyone Can Grow Orchids.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kerry's Bromeliads houses how many bromeliads?
(a) 850,000.
(b) 450,000.
(c) 2.2 million.
(d) 1.4 million.

2. Where did the park ranger which Susan met in A Green Hell take her?
(a) Falling Waters State Park.
(b) Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park.
(c) Amelia Island State Park.
(d) Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park.

3. What is the name of the family in which snapping turtles belong?
(a) Osteopygis.
(b) Solemydidae.
(c) Chelydridae.
(d) Neurankylidae.

4. What German tireless collector is the reason why Frederick Sander became so influential in the orchid community?
(a) Albert Millican.
(b) William Micholitz.
(c) Tom Hart Dyke.
(d) Benedict Roezl.

5. After Hurricane Andrew hit, Laroche had given up his nursery business forever, saying that he would die of what if he ever opened one up again?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Execution.
(c) A broken heart.
(d) Drowning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alligators have remained largely unchanged for how many years?

2. What periodical had run an article about the Orchid Jungle, leading to its becoming a tourist attraction?

3. What is a fungicide which was introduced in 1968 by DuPont and is a systemic benzimidazole fungicide that is selectively toxic to microorganisms and to invertebrates, especially earthworms?

4. What is the largest genus in the orchid family Orchidaceae?

5. How many acres make up the Fakahatchee Strand?

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