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

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

3. Who was killed in the car accident John Laroche experienced?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother and father.
(c) His mother and uncle.
(d) His uncle.

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

5. John Laroche claimed of his family that the Laroches were a family of what?
(a) Ailments and pain.
(b) Agruments and opinions.
(c) Fun and joy.
(d) Wealth and stature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pollination of the Ghost Orchid is done by what?

2. Hollywood, Florida is just south of what city?

3. What word refers to the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image or desire?

4. Where did Susan Orlean leave to go to Florida in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

5. What refers to any of a class of angiosperm plants having a single cotyledon in the seed?

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