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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What orchid hunter sent a telegram saying that the ship he was on had caught fire and was lost, yet Frederick Sander insisted he move on?
(a) Albert Millican.
(b) William Micholitz.
(c) Benedict Roezl.
(d) Tom Hart Dyke.

2. Where did Susan Orlean leave to go to Florida in The Millionaire's Hothouse?
(a) Missouri.
(b) New York.
(c) Massachusets.
(d) Wisconsin.

3. 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) Crime.
(b) Accident.
(c) Negligence.
(d) Judgement.

4. What is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale?
(a) Lamina.
(b) Bract.
(c) Sheath.
(d) Frond.

5. The Seminole tribe were looking for someone to start a nursery because they owned how much land in Florida?
(a) Hundreds of acres.
(b) 100 acres.
(c) Millions of acres.
(d) Thousands of acres.

6. Of what profession was Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward?
(a) Surgeon.
(b) Ship Captain.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Pilot.

7. 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) A heart attack.
(b) A broken heart.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Execution.

8. There are over how many known species of orchids?
(a) 90,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 35,000.
(d) 42,000.

9. How many species are in the Bulbophyllum genus of orchids?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 3,000.

10. When did Susan Orlean leave to go to Florida in The Millionaire's Hothouse?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

11. What is the largest genus in the orchid family Orchidaceae?
(a) Nervilieae.
(b) Bulbophyllum.
(c) Cymbidieae.
(d) Maxillarieae.

12. Laroche told Susan that he understood her love of orchids because they bring about a sort of what in people?
(a) Love sickness.
(b) Hope.
(c) Longing.
(d) Admiration.

13. Pollination of the Ghost Orchid is done by what?
(a) The Florida jumping beetle.
(b) The giant sphinx moth.
(c) The giant orchid spider.
(d) The swamp hummingbird.

14. What word refers to the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image or desire?
(a) Obsession.
(b) Impulsive.
(c) Fondness.
(d) Erratic.

15. What is a fungicide which was introduced in 1968 by DuPont and is a systemic benzimidazole fungicide that is selectively toxic to microorganisms and to invertebrates, especially earthworms?
(a) Diclomezine.
(b) Orysastrobin.
(c) Azaconazole.
(d) Benomyl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What publication about orchids did Frederick Sander publish?

2. When was Du Pont founded?

3. What kind of orchid was John Laroche accused of attempting to steal in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

4. What did Laroche attempt to use to get in for free at the orchid show in Gorgeous?

5. Who was killed in the car accident John Laroche experienced?

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