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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Orchid Fever.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale?
(a) Bract.
(b) Lamina.
(c) Frond.
(d) Sheath.

4. Where was Susan Orlean born?
(a) Detroit, Michigan.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Cleveland, Ohio.
(d) Buffalo, New York.

5. When was Susan Orlean born?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1950.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what strength did Hurricane Andrew hit south Florida?

2. There are over how many known species of orchids?

3. What refers to a trait that is shared by two or more taxa and their most recent common ancestor, whose ancestor in turn does not possess the trait?

4. John Laroche claimed of his family that the Laroches were a family of what?

5. How did John Laroche find out about the job working for the Seminoles?

(see the answer key)

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