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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the Ghost Orchid blossom?
(a) Between May and August.
(b) Between May and September.
(c) Between June and August.
(d) Between December and April.

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

3. When was John Laroche born?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1967.

4. Where was John Laroche born?
(a) Florida.
(b) Georgia.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Mississippi.

5. What refers to a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales?
(a) Orchidaceae.
(b) Iridaceae.
(c) Boryaceae.
(d) Asteliaceae.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Seminole tribe were looking for someone to start a nursery because they owned how much land in Florida?

2. When did Susan Orlean leave to go to Florida in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

3. What is a plant that grows upon another plant non-parasitically or sometimes upon some other object, derives its moisture and nutrients from the air and rain and sometimes from debris accumulating around it, and is found in the temperate zone?

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

5. When did Hurricane Andrew hit the U.S. coast?

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