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

2. Where was Susan Orlean born?
(a) Buffalo, New York.
(b) Cleveland, Ohio.
(c) Detroit, Michigan.
(d) Chicago, Illinois.

3. John Laroche claimed his plan was to teach the Seminoles everything he knows about what?
(a) Nature.
(b) Botany.
(c) Cypress trees.
(d) The swamp.

4. What is a fungicide which was introduced in 1968 by DuPont and is a systemic benzimidazole fungicide that is selectively toxic to microorganisms and to invertebrates, especially earthworms?
(a) Azaconazole.
(b) Benomyl.
(c) Orysastrobin.
(d) Diclomezine.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What refers to a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived?

4. Most Seminoles speak what language?

5. When was Du Pont founded?

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