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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What monkeys are the genus Lagothrix of New World monkeys, usually placed in the family Atelidae?
(a) Capuchins.
(b) Wooly Monkeys.
(c) Squirrel Monkeys.
(d) Owl Monkeys.

2. What woman famous in the orchid community for her touch with Ghost Orchids suffered a plant crime when someone mysteriously destroys the pods of some of her orchids?
(a) Wendy Jones.
(b) Diane Williams.
(c) Savilla Quick.
(d) Susan Zarros.

3. What is a venomous pit viper species found in the southeastern United States which is the heaviest (though not longest) venomous snake in the Americas and the largest rattlesnake?
(a) Pacific Rattlesnake.
(b) Diamondback Rattlesnake.
(c) Rock Rattlesnake.
(d) Sidewinder.

4. When did Susan Orlean leave to go to Florida in The Millionaire's Hothouse?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

5. Alligators have remained largely unchanged for how many years?
(a) 200 million.
(b) 20 million.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 2 billion.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what order does the Ghost Orchid belong?

2. In what neighborhood of Miami does Lee Moore live?

3. Where was John Laroche born?

4. Laroche told Susan that he understood her love of orchids because they bring about a sort of what in people?

5. What did Laroche do at the nursery he took Susan to visit in Cloning the Ghost?

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