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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. Martin Motes was described by Susan Orlean as a recovering what?
(a) Gambler.
(b) Academic.
(c) Patient.
(d) Alcoholic.

2. John Laroche claimed of his family that the Laroches were a family of what?
(a) Fun and joy.
(b) Ailments and pain.
(c) Agruments and opinions.
(d) Wealth and stature.

3. How many species are in the Pleurothallis genus of orchids?
(a) 1000.
(b) 70.
(c) 475.
(d) 200.

4. How did John Laroche find out about the job working for the Seminoles?
(a) Through his brother.
(b) Craigslist.
(c) Television commercial.
(d) Newspaper ad.

5. Although it was illegal for Laroche to bring a plant out of the Fakahatchee, it was legal for who to do so?
(a) Immigrants.
(b) Texans.
(c) Native Americans.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many greenhouses in the Orchid Jungle were destroyed by Hurricane Andrew?

3. The first orchid to bloom in England was not collected by a professional hunter, but brought back by whom?

4. Where did Laroche invite Susan to an orchid show in Gorgeous?

5. According to Laroche, there is a lot of what to be made in the plant world?

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