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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Studies at what university encouraged Charles Darwin's passion for natural science?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) University of Cambridge.
(d) Oxford University.

3. What is a venomous pit viper species found in the southeastern United States which is the heaviest (though not longest) venomous snake in the Americas and the largest rattlesnake?
(a) Diamondback Rattlesnake.
(b) Rock Rattlesnake.
(c) Sidewinder.
(d) Pacific Rattlesnake.

4. What did Laroche do at the nursery he took Susan to visit in Cloning the Ghost?
(a) Drowned the plants.
(b) Burned all the plants.
(c) Sold some orchids.
(d) Took back some plants.

5. Hollywood, Florida is just south of what city?
(a) Orlando.
(b) Palm Bay.
(c) Fort Lauderdale.
(d) Miami.

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

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

8. The scent of the blooming Ghost Orchid is fruity, resembling what?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Strawberries.
(d) Apples.

9. Where was Benedict Roezl from?
(a) Czechoslovakia.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Spain.
(d) Poland.

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

11. John Laroche claimed his plan was to teach the Seminoles everything he knows about what?
(a) Nature.
(b) Cypress trees.
(c) The swamp.
(d) Botany.

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

13. 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) Monopodial.
(b) Autopodial.
(c) Sympodial.
(d) Tripodial.

14. The International Orchid Register now has more than how many different types of orchids in their registry?
(a) 150,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 100,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John Laroche grow up?

2. What refers to any of a class of angiosperm plants having a single cotyledon in the seed?

3. When was William Spencer Cavendish born?

4. When was John Laroche born?

5. Where did Susan first read about John Laroche?

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