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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 greenhouses in the Orchid Jungle were destroyed by Hurricane Andrew?
(a) 13.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

2. What is the name of Charles Darwin's work of scientific literature which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology?
(a) We Are All Chimps.
(b) On the Origin of Species.
(c) My Evolutionary Argument.
(d) Chimp and Human Evolution.

3. What nursery had Tom Fennell once owned?
(a) Orchids Inc.
(b) Orchids R Us.
(c) The Orchid Jungle.
(d) Amazing Orchids.

4. How many species are in the Epidendrum genus of orchids?
(a) 1875.
(b) 357.
(c) 355.
(d) 1100.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of plants did Gary Zill own a good number of?

2. Where was John Laroche born?

3. Most Seminoles speak what language?

4. What refers to a species of flowering plant in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, that is native to subtropical and tropical South America?

5. How many species are in the Pleurothallis genus of orchids?

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