The Orchid Thief Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Susan Orlean
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 126 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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The Orchid Thief Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Susan Orlean
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Osceola's Head.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to any of a class of angiosperm plants having a single cotyledon in the seed?
(a) Magnoliid.
(b) Eudicot.
(c) Austrobaileyale.
(d) Monocot.

2. The Seminole tribe were looking for someone to start a nursery because they owned how much land in Florida?
(a) Millions of acres.
(b) Thousands of acres.
(c) 100 acres.
(d) Hundreds of acres.

3. What refers to a wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water?
(a) Bog.
(b) Swamp.
(c) Tundra.
(d) Fen.

4. When did the Seminole Wars take place?
(a) 1822-1856.
(b) 1818-1858.
(c) 1828-1833.
(d) 1816-1838.

5. How many species are in the Bulbophyllum genus of orchids?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 2,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was John Laroche accused of stealing orchids from in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

2. John Laroche claimed his plan was to teach the Seminoles everything he knows about what?

3. The collector of Ghost Orchids in Plant Crimes had the secret of putting the baby ghost orchids in what kind of tree?

4. Who named the Cattleya Orchid?

5. Where did Susan attend an orchid show with Laroche in Cloning the Ghost?

(see the answer key)

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