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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the family in which snapping turtles belong?
(a) Chelydridae.
(b) Solemydidae.
(c) Osteopygis.
(d) Neurankylidae.

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

3. What is the name of Charles Darwin's work of scientific literature which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology?
(a) We Are All Chimps.
(b) Chimp and Human Evolution.
(c) On the Origin of Species.
(d) My Evolutionary Argument.

4. What did Laroche do at the nursery he took Susan to visit in Cloning the Ghost?
(a) Drowned the plants.
(b) Burned all the plants.
(c) Took back some plants.
(d) Sold some orchids.

5. From what university did Susan Orlean graduate?
(a) The University of Kentucky.
(b) The University of Indiana.
(c) The University of Michigan.
(d) The University of Illinois.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Fakahatchee Strand is 25 miles south of where?

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

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

4. When was John Laroche born?

5. What is the binomial name of the Ghost Orchid?

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