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

2. What is the genus of the Ghost Orchid?
(a) Harrisella.
(b) Campylocentrum.
(c) Neobathiea.
(d) Dendrophylax.

3. What refers to a wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water?
(a) Tundra.
(b) Bog.
(c) Fen.
(d) Swamp.

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

5. What did Laroche and Susan see upon beginning their hike in A Kind of Direction?
(a) A Cricket Orchid.
(b) A Butterfly Orchid.
(c) A Swamp Orchid
(d) A Azalea Orchid

Short Answer Questions

1. At the South Florida Orchid Society in Fortunes, Susan calculated that there were roughly how much money worth of flowers?

2. Hollywood, Florida is just south of what city?

3. John Laroche claimed of his family that the Laroches were a family of what?

4. At what strength did Hurricane Andrew hit south Florida?

5. 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?

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