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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Susan Orlean leave to go to Florida in The Millionaire's Hothouse?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

3. What park ranger did Susan meet in A Green Hell?
(a) Mark.
(b) Troy.
(c) Tony.
(d) Mike.

4. Hollywood, Florida is just south of what city?
(a) Orlando.
(b) Miami.
(c) Palm Bay.
(d) Fort Lauderdale.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Alligators have remained largely unchanged for how many years?

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

3. What did Laroche do at the nursery he took Susan to visit in Cloning the Ghost?

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

5. What refers to an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state, and is legally prohibited?

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