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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Osceola's Head.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was the Cattleya Orchid named?
(a) 1815.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1829.
(d) 1827.

3. Where was Osceola born?
(a) Mobile, Alabama.
(b) Tallassee, Alabama.
(c) Montgomery, Alabama.
(d) Birmingham, Alabama.

4. What snake is also known as the water moccasin, swamp moccasin or black moccasin?
(a) Copperhead.
(b) Banded Water Snake.
(c) Scarlet Kingsnake.
(d) Cottonmouth.

5. One of the most notorious plant crimes in Florida occurred when someone stole prize-winning orchids worth how much from the R. F. Orchids shadehouse?
(a) $658,000.
(b) $150,000.
(c) $250,000.
(d) $500,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The first orchid to bloom in England was not collected by a professional hunter, but brought back by whom?

3. The Florida Seminoles are descendants of the Yuchi, Creek and what tribe?

4. Robert Fuchs is from a family that has been growing orchids for how many generations?

5. The collector of Ghost Orchids in Plant Crimes had the secret of putting the baby ghost orchids in what kind of tree?

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