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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Green Hell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Susan first read about John Laroche?
(a) A short story.
(b) A news article.
(c) A police report.
(d) A letter from a friend.

2. Where was John Laroche accused of stealing orchids from in The Millionaire's Hothouse?
(a) Trilahasee Marsh.
(b) Bauxahatchee Preserve.
(c) Stevenson Bog.
(d) Fakahatchee Strand.

3. What refers to a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales?
(a) Boryaceae.
(b) Iridaceae.
(c) Asteliaceae.
(d) Orchidaceae.

4. When was Du Pont founded?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1802.
(d) 1888.

5. Although it was illegal for Laroche to bring a plant out of the Fakahatchee, it was legal for who to do so?
(a) Native Americans.
(b) His wife.
(c) Texans.
(d) Immigrants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Susan Orlean born?

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

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

4. Susan Orlean has been a staff writer for what periodical since 1992?

5. What park ranger did Susan meet in A Green Hell?

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