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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What killed most of Larouche's nursery stock after his car accident?
(a) Snow.
(b) Hail.
(c) A frost.
(d) A hurricane.

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

3. When did the Seminole Wars take place?
(a) 1818-1858.
(b) 1828-1833.
(c) 1822-1856.
(d) 1816-1838.

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

5. What is the name of the family in which snapping turtles belong?
(a) Solemydidae.
(b) Chelydridae.
(c) Neurankylidae.
(d) Osteopygis.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where did Susan witness John Laroche's trial in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

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

4. What kind of orchid was John Laroche accused of attempting to steal in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

5. What snake is also known as the water moccasin, swamp moccasin or black moccasin?

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