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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What apes in the family Hylobatidae are often smuggled into Florida?
(a) Macaques.
(b) Gibbons.
(c) Chimpanzees.
(d) Gorillas.

2. Who owned the Gulf American Corporation?
(a) Rose Julian.
(b) Julian Rosen.
(c) Julius and Leonard Rosen.
(d) Rose and Julius Rosen.

3. How many plants called Elaine were to be dumped at Kerry's Bromeliads?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 150,000.

4. What is a semi-aquatic tropical plant grown as a leaf vegetable also known as "swamp cabbage"?
(a) German kraut plant.
(b) Siberian onion.
(c) Chinese water-spinach.
(d) Japanese lettuce.

5. Who discovered the last species of Cattleya that would be discovered?
(a) Robert Fuchs.
(b) Lee Moore.
(c) Frank Smith.
(d) John Lindley.

6. Martin Motes was described by Susan Orlean as a recovering what?
(a) Patient.
(b) Alcoholic.
(c) Gambler.
(d) Academic.

7. One of Tom Fennell's neighbors had bell peppers worth how much money stolen from his fields?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $12,000.
(c) $35,000.
(d) $20,000.

8. The poisonous South American toad now can grow up to how many pounds?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

9. When was the Cattleya Orchid named?
(a) 1815.
(b) 1827.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1829.

10. Where did Susan go to hear Martin Motes speak in Plant Crimes?
(a) The Orchid Society of Jacksonville.
(b) The Orchid Society of Palm Beach.
(c) The Orchid Society of Key West.
(d) The Orchid Society of Tallahassee.

11. What nursery had Tom Fennell once owned?
(a) Orchids Inc.
(b) Orchids R Us.
(c) The Orchid Jungle.
(d) Amazing Orchids.

12. What is a tree native to Puebla, Mexico and classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae along with cinnamon, camphor and bay laurel?
(a) Cashew.
(b) Almond.
(c) Walnut.
(d) Avocado.

13. What doctor separated Osceola's head from his body?
(a) Dr. Woolmont.
(b) Dr. Weedon.
(c) Dr. Williams.
(d) Dr. Windsor.

14. Chief Billy Bowlegs had traveled to Washington D. C. on horseback to attempt to repeal a law passed in 1853 that had made it illegal for a Seminole to do what?
(a) Own land.
(b) Live in Florida.
(c) Marry a white woman.
(d) Carry a gun.

15. How many greenhouses in the Orchid Jungle were destroyed by Hurricane Andrew?
(a) 13.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lee Moore's profession, according to CITES and the US Government?

2. When did Robert Fuchs begin growing orchids professionally?

3. Laroche's exile from the Fakahatchee Strand was extended how long by the court?

4. Susan marveled at Laroche's ability to do what with something obsessed over?

5. What is a term for any one of a large number of unrelated small to medium sized species of parrot, that generally have long tail feathers?

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