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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. How many plants called Elaine were to be dumped at Kerry's Bromeliads?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 150,000.
(d) 15,000.

2. When did Laroche tell Susan he had first gotten into plants and horticulture?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1990.

3. How did John Laroche find out about the job working for the Seminoles?
(a) Craigslist.
(b) Newspaper ad.
(c) Through his brother.
(d) Television commercial.

4. Who named the Cattleya Orchid?
(a) Leonard Rosen.
(b) Lee Moore.
(c) Billy Powell.
(d) John Lindley.

5. What refers to an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state, and is legally prohibited?
(a) Negligence.
(b) Judgement.
(c) Accident.
(d) Crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the binomial name of the Ghost Orchid?

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

4. What is a plant that grows upon another plant non-parasitically or sometimes upon some other object, derives its moisture and nutrients from the air and rain and sometimes from debris accumulating around it, and is found in the temperate zone?

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

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