The Orchid Thief Quiz | Two 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 | Two Week Quiz A

Susan Orlean
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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. How many acres make up the Fakahatchee Strand?
(a) 143,775.
(b) 24,000.
(c) 36,450.
(d) 63,000.

2. What did Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward put into a jar and then forget about it?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A moth.
(c) A caterpillar.
(d) A firefly.

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

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

5. How long does it take to determine whether cloning was effective in orchids?
(a) 75 days.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 2 months
(d) 7 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What publication about orchids did Frederick Sander publish?

3. 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?

4. What did Laroche attempt to use to get in for free at the orchid show in Gorgeous?

5. The Seminole tribe were looking for someone to start a nursery because they owned how much land in Florida?

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