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

2. Laroche's exile from the Fakahatchee Strand was extended how long by the court?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 1 year.

3. From what university did Susan Orlean graduate?
(a) The University of Illinois.
(b) The University of Indiana.
(c) The University of Kentucky.
(d) The University of Michigan.

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

5. Where was William Spencer Cavendish born?
(a) Moscow, Russia.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Warsaw, Poland.
(d) London, England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers an immersed aquatic plant which originated in South America but has spread to many parts of the world and is considered an invasive species in Australia, China, New Zealand, Thailand and the United States?

2. What does CITES stand for?

3. When was William Spencer Cavendish born?

4. 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?

5. There are over how many known species of orchids?

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