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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of orchid has a stem which grows from a single bud in which leaves are added from the apex each year, and the stem grows longer accordingly?
(a) Sympodial.
(b) Monopodial.
(c) Tripodial.
(d) Autopodial.

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

4. What kind of pollination do orchids undergo?
(a) Self-pollination.
(b) They do not pollinate.
(c) Cross-pollination.
(d) Auto-polination.

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

6. What snake is also known as the water moccasin, swamp moccasin or black moccasin?
(a) Copperhead.
(b) Cottonmouth.
(c) Scarlet Kingsnake.
(d) Banded Water Snake.

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

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

9. What kind of orchid was John Laroche accused of attempting to steal in The Millionaire's Hothouse?
(a) Poltergeist Orchid.
(b) Ghost Orchid.
(c) Vampire Orchid.
(d) Gremlin Orchid.

10. When did William Spencer Cavendish begin collecting orchids?
(a) 1826.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1828.
(d) 1823.

11. According to Laroche, there is a lot of what to be made in the plant world?
(a) Progress.
(b) Fame.
(c) Money.
(d) Evolution.

12. Where did Susan first read about John Laroche?
(a) A short story.
(b) A letter from a friend.
(c) A news article.
(d) A police report.

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

14. Alligators have remained largely unchanged for how many years?
(a) 2 billion.
(b) 20 million.
(c) 200 million.
(d) 2 million.

15. How many species are in the Dendrobium genus of orchids?
(a) 825.
(b) 245.
(c) 657.
(d) 1200.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Susan Orlean leave to go to Florida in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

3. What German tireless collector is the reason why Frederick Sander became so influential in the orchid community?

4. What refers to a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived?

5. Where was William Spencer Cavendish born?

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