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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What refers to a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived?
(a) Parent.
(b) Offspring.
(c) Clone.
(d) Zygote.

5. What event had John Laroche attended which got him into plants and horticulture?
(a) The World Bromeliad Show.
(b) The World Edmundoa Show.
(c) The World Connellia Show.
(d) The World Orthophytum Show.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale?

2. What refers to an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state, and is legally prohibited?

3. What kind of orchid was John Laroche accused of attempting to steal in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

4. Where was John Laroche born?

5. What refers to a wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water?

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