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

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

3. 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) Orysastrobin.
(b) Diclomezine.
(c) Azaconazole.
(d) Benomyl.

4. From what university did Susan Orlean graduate?
(a) The University of Kentucky.
(b) The University of Illinois.
(c) The University of Michigan.
(d) The University of Indiana.

5. John Laroche is introduced as being an eccentric person who is tall, skinny and handsome despite what?
(a) Missing his front teeth.
(b) Missing an ear.
(c) Missing eight fingers.
(d) Missing his left arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What killed most of Larouche's nursery stock after his car accident?

2. John Laroche was in a car accident which led to what defect?

3. John Laroche claimed of his family that the Laroches were a family of what?

4. The scent of the blooming Ghost Orchid is fruity, resembling what?

5. What refers to a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales?

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