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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. When did Frederick Sander meet Benedict Roezl?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1871.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1867.

2. 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?
(a) Cryptophyte.
(b) Phanerophyte.
(c) Epiphyte.
(d) Chamaephyte.

3. After Hurricane Andrew hit, Laroche had given up his nursery business forever, saying that he would die of what if he ever opened one up again?
(a) Execution.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) A broken heart.
(d) Drowning.

4. Whose family had owned the Orchid Jungle before winning the lottery?
(a) Francis Harrold's.
(b) John McMurphy's.
(c) Tom Fennell's.
(d) Robert Callahan's.

5. Where did Laroche and Susan stop before beginning their hike in A Kind of Direction?
(a) A library.
(b) A convenience store.
(c) A bookstore.
(d) A restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many species are in the Bulbophyllum genus of orchids?

2. What publication about orchids did Frederick Sander publish?

3. When did the legendary first Sapa Inca, Manco Capac, found the Kingdom of Cuzco?

4. What kind of pollination do orchids undergo?

5. Who owned the Gulf American Corporation?

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