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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Susan Orlean has been a staff writer for what periodical since 1992?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Rolling Stone.
(c) Time Magazine.
(d) Newsweek.

2. Most Seminoles speak what language?
(a) Ojibwe.
(b) Chippewa.
(c) Mikasuki.
(d) Cherokee.

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

4. When did Laroche tell Susan he had first gotten into plants and horticulture?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1983.

5. What parts of the Ghost Orchid did Susan and her park ranger friend see in A Green Hell?
(a) Roots.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Pollen.
(d) Leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Charles Darwin publish Fertilization of Orchids?

2. When was Frederick Sander born?

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

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?

5. Where did Laroche invite Susan to an orchid show in Gorgeous?

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