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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 square feet of greenhouse makes up Kerry's Bromeliads?
(a) 1,000,000.
(b) 329,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 200,000.

2. Who was killed in the car accident John Laroche experienced?
(a) His mother and father.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His mother and uncle.
(d) His father.

3. 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.

4. 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) Execution.
(b) Drowning.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) A broken heart.

5. What killed most of Larouche's nursery stock after his car accident?
(a) Hail.
(b) Snow.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) A frost.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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. How many species are in the Bulbophyllum genus of orchids?

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

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