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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alligators have remained largely unchanged for how many years?
(a) 20 million.
(b) 2 million.
(c) 200 million.
(d) 2 billion.

2. How many genera are there in the orchid family?
(a) 129.
(b) 880.
(c) 650.
(d) 975.

3. What did John Laroche plan on doing with the orchids he stole in The Millionaire's Hothouse?
(a) Sell them.
(b) Cultivate them.
(c) Press them.
(d) Clone them.

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

5. Where did John Laroche grow up?
(a) North Miami.
(b) South Miami.
(c) Downtown Tampa.
(d) East Tampa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived?

2. Although it was illegal for Laroche to bring a plant out of the Fakahatchee, it was legal for who to do so?

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

4. What killed most of Larouche's nursery stock after his car accident?

5. Where was Susan Orlean born?

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