The Orchid Thief Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Susan Orlean
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 126 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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The Orchid Thief Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Susan Orlean
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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 did John Laroche plan on doing with the orchids he stole in The Millionaire's Hothouse?
(a) Cultivate them.
(b) Clone them.
(c) Press them.
(d) Sell them.

2. Studies at what university encouraged Charles Darwin's passion for natural science?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) University of Cambridge.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Oxford University.

3. What company did Laroche go on to start after leaving the plant world behind?
(a) Computer Depot.
(b) Car Corral.
(c) Flower Kingdom.
(d) NetRunner.

4. Susan marveled at Laroche's ability to do what with something obsessed over?
(a) Abandon it.
(b) Ignore it.
(c) Hate it.
(d) Admire it.

5. Who got into an altercation with Fuchs, accusing him of being favored by the judges and telling the others that Fuchs had tried to bribe him when he was a judge?
(a) William Spencer Cavendish.
(b) Tom Fennell.
(c) Lee Moore.
(d) Frank Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the height of his smuggling days, Lee Moore had his own plane, two Lincoln Continentals, a large house and how much money in the bank?

2. Where is Denise from in Anyone Can Grow Orchids?

3. Where was Benedict Roezl from?

4. Where was William Spencer Cavendish born?

5. Who named the Cattleya Orchid?

(see the answer key)

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