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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Susan learned that if an orchid breeder comes up with a good cross fertilization, they will get the monopoly in the market for how long?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 20 years.

3. When was Charles Darwin born?
(a) 1809.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1827.
(d) 1818.

4. What is the genus of the Ghost Orchid?
(a) Harrisella.
(b) Dendrophylax.
(c) Neobathiea.
(d) Campylocentrum.

5. When was Susan Orlean born?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1951.

Short Answer Questions

1. The scent of the blooming Ghost Orchid is fruity, resembling what?

2. What refers to any of a class of angiosperm plants having a single cotyledon in the seed?

3. What is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale?

4. Where was Osceola tricked and trapped on New Year's Day?

5. In Orchid Fever, Susan writes that the international trade in orchids is more than how much per year?

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