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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) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

2. Orchids from seeds take a long time because many of the plants rarely form what?
(a) Roots.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Seed pods.
(d) Cotyledons.

3. 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.

4. Who accompanies Denise to Motes Orchids in Anyone Can Grow Orchids?
(a) Trent.
(b) Jeremy.
(c) Ron.
(d) Richard.

5. When was Osceola born?
(a) 1788.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1804.
(d) 1794.

Short Answer Questions

1. What company had begun logging the Fakahatchee Strand for cypress trees in the 1950s?

2. What refers to a wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water?

3. What was Osceola named at birth?

4. What parts of the Ghost Orchid did Susan and her park ranger friend see in A Green Hell?

5. When was the Cattleya Orchid named?

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