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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 refers to a wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water?
(a) Tundra.
(b) Bog.
(c) Fen.
(d) Swamp.

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

3. After Hurricane Andrew hit, Laroche had given up his nursery business forever, saying that he would die of what if he ever opened one up again?
(a) Execution.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) Drowning.
(d) A broken heart.

4. What is the genus of the Ghost Orchid?
(a) Campylocentrum.
(b) Neobathiea.
(c) Harrisella.
(d) Dendrophylax.

5. Where did the park ranger which Susan met in A Green Hell take her?
(a) Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park.
(b) Falling Waters State Park.
(c) Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park.
(d) Amelia Island State Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the binomial name of the Ghost Orchid?

2. When did Hurricane Andrew hit the U.S. coast?

3. When was Susan Orlean born?

4. John Laroche is introduced as being an eccentric person who is tall, skinny and handsome despite what?

5. Who was put into a coma from the car accident John Laroche had?

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