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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Mortal Occupation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of pollination do orchids undergo?
(a) Auto-polination.
(b) Cross-pollination.
(c) They do not pollinate.
(d) Self-pollination.

2. The Fakahatchee Strand is 25 miles south of where?
(a) Gainesville, Florida.
(b) Jacksonville, Florida.
(c) Orlando, Florida.
(d) Naples, Florida.

3. Where was Susan Orlean born?
(a) Buffalo, New York.
(b) Detroit, Michigan.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Cleveland, Ohio.

4. What type of orchid has a stem which grows from a single bud in which leaves are added from the apex each year, and the stem grows longer accordingly?
(a) Autopodial.
(b) Tripodial.
(c) Monopodial.
(d) Sympodial.

5. Where was William Spencer Cavendish born?
(a) London, England.
(b) Warsaw, Poland.
(c) Moscow, Russia.
(d) Paris, France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Susan Orlean leave to go to Florida in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

2. Where did the park ranger which Susan met in A Green Hell take her?

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

4. Pollination of the Ghost Orchid is done by what?

5. When was Charles Darwin born?

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