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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Kind of Direction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What publication about orchids did Frederick Sander publish?
(a) Reichenbachia.
(b) Classifications of Orchids.
(c) Orchidarenisus.
(d) The Orchid Diaries.

2. John Laroche was in a car accident which led to what defect?
(a) A prosthetic leg.
(b) A glass eye.
(c) A fake nose.
(d) He lost his front teeth.

3. After Hurricane Andrew hit, Laroche had given up his nursery business forever, saying that he would die of what if he ever opened one up again?
(a) Execution.
(b) Drowning.
(c) A broken heart.
(d) A heart attack.

4. What did the woman who called the ranger at the Fakahatchee find once she arrived?
(a) The orchids were finished flowering.
(b) The orchids were destroyed.
(c) There were no orchids.
(d) Disease was spreading on the flowers.

5. The Florida Seminoles are descendants of the Yuchi, Creek and what tribe?
(a) Cheyenne.
(b) Sioux.
(c) Cherokee.
(d) Algonquian.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Frederick Sander born?

2. What company did Laroche go on to start after leaving the plant world behind?

3. What refers to a species of grass in the genus Imperata which is placed in the subfamily Panicoideae, supertribe Andropogonodae, tribe Andropogoneae?

4. Where did Laroche and Susan stop before beginning their hike in A Kind of Direction?

5. What does CITES stand for?

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