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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orchids are considered the most _____ flowering plants on earth.
(a) Evolved.
(b) Primitive.
(c) Rare.
(d) Beautiful.

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

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

4. Where was John Laroche accused of stealing orchids from in The Millionaire's Hothouse?
(a) Stevenson Bog.
(b) Trilahasee Marsh.
(c) Bauxahatchee Preserve.
(d) Fakahatchee Strand.

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

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

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

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

9. When did Laroche tell Susan he had first gotten into plants and horticulture?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1985.

10. Where did the park ranger which Susan met in A Green Hell take her?
(a) Falling Waters State Park.
(b) Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park.
(c) Amelia Island State Park.
(d) Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park.

11. What did Laroche attempt to use to get in for free at the orchid show in Gorgeous?
(a) Orchid seedlings.
(b) An expired coupon.
(c) A fake student identification card.
(d) Susan's press pass.

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

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

14. When did Hurricane Andrew hit the U.S. coast?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1992.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Laroche invite Susan to an orchid show in Gorgeous?

2. How long does it take to determine whether cloning was effective in orchids?

3. Where was Benedict Roezl from?

4. Laroche told Susan that he understood her love of orchids because they bring about a sort of what in people?

5. Susan Orlean has been a staff writer for what periodical since 1992?

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