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

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) Texans.
(b) His wife.
(c) Immigrants.
(d) Native Americans.

2. From what university did Susan Orlean graduate?
(a) The University of Indiana.
(b) The University of Illinois.
(c) The University of Michigan.
(d) The University of Kentucky.

3. When was William Spencer Cavendish born?
(a) 1785.
(b) 1790.
(c) 1799.
(d) 1795.

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

5. What does CITES stand for?
(a) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
(b) Convention on International Trade in Exotic Species of Cultivated Plants.
(c) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna.
(d) Convention on International Trade in Exotic Species of Plants..

Short Answer Questions

1. When was John Laroche born?

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

3. What is a plant that grows upon another plant non-parasitically or sometimes upon some other object, derives its moisture and nutrients from the air and rain and sometimes from debris accumulating around it, and is found in the temperate zone?

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

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

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