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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what strength did Hurricane Andrew hit south Florida?
(a) Category 5.
(b) Category 3.
(c) Category 4.
(d) Category 1.

2. When did the Seminole Wars take place?
(a) 1818-1858.
(b) 1816-1838.
(c) 1822-1856.
(d) 1828-1833.

3. 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) Phanerophyte.
(b) Epiphyte.
(c) Chamaephyte.
(d) Cryptophyte.

4. 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) Thousands of acres.
(d) Millions of acres.

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

6. What killed most of Larouche's nursery stock after his car accident?
(a) A frost.
(b) Hail.
(c) Snow.
(d) A hurricane.

7. In Orchid Fever, Susan writes that the international trade in orchids is more than how much per year?
(a) $10 billion.
(b) $2 billion.
(c) $700 million.
(d) $200 million.

8. When does the Ghost Orchid blossom?
(a) Between June and August.
(b) Between May and August.
(c) Between May and September.
(d) Between December and April.

9. When was John Laroche born?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1956.

10. What does CITES stand for?
(a) Convention on International Trade in Exotic Species of Cultivated Plants.
(b) Convention on International Trade in Exotic Species of Plants..
(c) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna.
(d) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

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

12. What parts of the Ghost Orchid did Susan and her park ranger friend see in A Green Hell?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Pollen.
(d) Roots.

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

14. When was William Spencer Cavendish born?
(a) 1785.
(b) 1790.
(c) 1795.
(d) 1799.

15. Most Seminoles speak what language?
(a) Chippewa.
(b) Cherokee.
(c) Mikasuki.
(d) Ojibwe.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Where was Susan Orlean born?

4. What snake is also known as the water moccasin, swamp moccasin or black moccasin?

5. Where did the park ranger which Susan met in A Green Hell take her?

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