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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two - Cloning the Ghost.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Susan Orlean has been a staff writer for what periodical since 1992?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) Time Magazine.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) Rolling Stone.

2. The scent of the blooming Ghost Orchid is fruity, resembling what?
(a) Apples.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Strawberries.

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

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. Most Seminoles speak what language?
(a) Cherokee.
(b) Chippewa.
(c) Ojibwe.
(d) Mikasuki.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Laroche is introduced as being an eccentric person who is tall, skinny and handsome despite what?

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

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

4. Where did Susan first read about John Laroche?

5. When was John Laroche born?

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