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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orchids are considered the most _____ flowering plants on earth.
(a) Evolved.
(b) Primitive.
(c) Rare.
(d) Beautiful.

2. Where did John Laroche grow up?
(a) East Tampa.
(b) Downtown Tampa.
(c) South Miami.
(d) North Miami.

3. Robert Fuchs' great-grandfather moved his family from where to Florida?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Kentucky.

4. According to Laroche, there is a lot of what to be made in the plant world?
(a) Money.
(b) Fame.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Progress.

5. Where did Susan attend an orchid show with Laroche in Cloning the Ghost?
(a) Miami.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Tampa.
(d) Key West.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose family had owned the Orchid Jungle before winning the lottery?

2. Robert Fuchs' great-grandfather came across orchids while traveling through what town?

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

4. What snake is also known as the water moccasin, swamp moccasin or black moccasin?

5. 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?

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