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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Sympodial.
(b) Monopodial.
(c) Tripodial.
(d) Autopodial.

2. Who got into an altercation with Fuchs, accusing him of being favored by the judges and telling the others that Fuchs had tried to bribe him when he was a judge?
(a) Tom Fennell.
(b) William Spencer Cavendish.
(c) Lee Moore.
(d) Frank Smith.

3. What is the name of the family in which snapping turtles belong?
(a) Neurankylidae.
(b) Osteopygis.
(c) Solemydidae.
(d) Chelydridae.

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

5. Where did Susan go to hear Martin Motes speak in Plant Crimes?
(a) The Orchid Society of Tallahassee.
(b) The Orchid Society of Key West.
(c) The Orchid Society of Jacksonville.
(d) The Orchid Society of Palm Beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What parts of the Ghost Orchid did Susan and her park ranger friend see in A Green Hell?

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

3. The Seminole tribe were looking for someone to start a nursery because they owned how much land in Florida?

4. When was John Laroche born?

5. Where was John Laroche born?

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