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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first orchid to bloom in England was not collected by a professional hunter, but brought back by whom?
(a) A Buddhist Monk.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A Quaker cloth merchant.
(d) A Catholic preist.

2. When was Susan Orlean born?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1955.

3. What did Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward put into a jar and then forget about it?
(a) A caterpillar.
(b) A firefly.
(c) A moth.
(d) A mouse.

4. John Laroche was in a car accident which led to what defect?
(a) A glass eye.
(b) A prosthetic leg.
(c) He lost his front teeth.
(d) A fake nose.

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

6. When was Charles Darwin born?
(a) 1809.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1827.
(d) 1818.

7. Who was put into a coma from the car accident John Laroche had?
(a) His wife.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His neighbor.

8. To what order does the Ghost Orchid belong?
(a) Alismatales.
(b) Asparagales.
(c) Petrosaviales.
(d) Pandanales.

9. Where did Susan attend an orchid show with Laroche in Cloning the Ghost?
(a) Miami.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Tampa.
(d) Key West.

10. How long does it take to determine whether cloning was effective in orchids?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 75 days.
(d) 2 months

11. What is the name of the family in which snapping turtles belong?
(a) Solemydidae.
(b) Neurankylidae.
(c) Chelydridae.
(d) Osteopygis.

12. Where did Susan witness John Laroche's trial in The Millionaire's Hothouse?
(a) Savannah, Ga.
(b) Miami, Florida.
(c) Tampa, Florida.
(d) Naples, Florida.

13. 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.

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

15. Where was John Laroche born?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Florida.
(c) Georgia.
(d) South Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale?

2. What did John Laroche plan on doing with the orchids he stole in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

3. What type of orchid produces a series of adjacent shoots which grow to a certain size, bloom and then stop growing, to be then replaced?

4. When did Hurricane Andrew hit the U.S. coast?

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

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