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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what order does the Ghost Orchid belong?
(a) Asparagales.
(b) Petrosaviales.
(c) Alismatales.
(d) Pandanales.

2. What refers to any of a class of angiosperm plants having a single cotyledon in the seed?
(a) Austrobaileyale.
(b) Eudicot.
(c) Magnoliid.
(d) Monocot.

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

4. What orchid hunter sent a telegram saying that the ship he was on had caught fire and was lost, yet Frederick Sander insisted he move on?
(a) Tom Hart Dyke.
(b) Albert Millican.
(c) William Micholitz.
(d) Benedict Roezl.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was William Spencer Cavendish born?

2. The first orchid to bloom in England was not collected by a professional hunter, but brought back by whom?

3. When was Charles Darwin born?

4. What type of orchid produces a series of adjacent shoots which grow to a certain size, bloom and then stop growing, to be then replaced?

5. What word refers to the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image or desire?

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