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

2. John Laroche was in a car accident which led to what defect?
(a) A glass eye.
(b) A prosthetic leg.
(c) He lost his front teeth.
(d) A fake nose.

3. Where was William Spencer Cavendish born?
(a) Warsaw, Poland.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) London, England.
(d) Moscow, Russia.

4. When did William Spencer Cavendish begin collecting orchids?
(a) 1828.
(b) 1823.
(c) 1826.
(d) 1833.

5. The International Orchid Register now has more than how many different types of orchids in their registry?
(a) 150,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 100,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John Laroche grow up?

2. What is a venomous pit viper species found in the southeastern United States which is the heaviest (though not longest) venomous snake in the Americas and the largest rattlesnake?

3. What did Laroche do at the nursery he took Susan to visit in Cloning the Ghost?

4. Martin Motes was described by Susan Orlean as a recovering what?

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?

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