The Orchid Thief Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Susan Orlean
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 126 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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The Orchid Thief Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Susan Orlean
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gorgeous.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Seminole tribe were looking for someone to start a nursery because they owned how much land in Florida?
(a) Thousands of acres.
(b) Hundreds of acres.
(c) Millions of acres.
(d) 100 acres.

2. The International Orchid Register now has more than how many different types of orchids in their registry?
(a) 150,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 100,000.

3. Orchids from seeds take a long time because many of the plants rarely form what?
(a) Roots.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Cotyledons.
(d) Seed pods.

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

5. When did Hurricane Andrew hit the U.S. coast?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1993.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what strength did Hurricane Andrew hit south Florida?

2. Who was killed in the car accident John Laroche experienced?

3. When was Charles Darwin born?

4. Where did John Laroche grow up?

5. 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?

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