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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. Laroche told Susan that he understood her love of orchids because they bring about a sort of what in people?
(a) Longing.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Love sickness.
(d) Hope.

2. Orchids from seeds take a long time because many of the plants rarely form what?
(a) Seed pods.
(b) Cotyledons.
(c) Roots.
(d) Flowers.

3. Susan learned that if an orchid breeder comes up with a good cross fertilization, they will get the monopoly in the market for how long?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 12 years.

4. What is a plant that grows upon another plant non-parasitically or sometimes upon some other object, derives its moisture and nutrients from the air and rain and sometimes from debris accumulating around it, and is found in the temperate zone?
(a) Cryptophyte.
(b) Epiphyte.
(c) Phanerophyte.
(d) Chamaephyte.

5. How many species are in the Dendrobium genus of orchids?
(a) 657.
(b) 1200.
(c) 825.
(d) 245.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Denise from in Anyone Can Grow Orchids?

2. Where did Susan attend an orchid show with Laroche in Cloning the Ghost?

3. Who was killed in the car accident John Laroche experienced?

4. What does CITES stand for?

5. Where did John Laroche grow up?

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