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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Lee Moore's wife?
(a) Chady.
(b) Cindy.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Candy.

2. What was Osceola named at birth?
(a) Albert Carter.
(b) Abraham Fulton.
(c) John Lindley.
(d) Billy Powell.

3. Where did Susan meet nearly every other orchid grower she had met in Florida, including Martin Motes, Tom Fennell, Bob Fuchs, Frank Smith in Fortunes?
(a) The Southeast Orchid Society Show.
(b) The North Florida Orchid Society Show.
(c) The South Florida Orchid Society Show.
(d) The Central Florida Orchid Society Show.

4. What company did Laroche go on to start after leaving the plant world behind?
(a) Flower Kingdom.
(b) NetRunner.
(c) Car Corral.
(d) Computer Depot.

5. What refers to a species of flowering plant in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, that is native to subtropical and tropical South America?
(a) Blue Dawn flower.
(b) Flame of the Forest.
(c) Brazilian pepper tree.
(d) Amazon lily.

6. Robert Fuchs is described as a tall, striking, handsome man who is both envied and disliked due to his what?
(a) Politics.
(b) Status.
(c) Temper.
(d) Genius.

7. Susan learned that if an orchid breeder comes up with a good cross fertilization, they will get the monopoly in the market for how long?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 20 years.

8. Where was Osceola tricked and trapped on New Year's Day?
(a) Charleston, South Carolina.
(b) Durham, North Carolina.
(c) Forth Moultrie, South Carolina.
(d) Charlotte, North Carolina.

9. When did the Billy Bowlegs War take place?
(a) 1884.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1867.

10. Where is Denise from in Anyone Can Grow Orchids?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Trinidad.
(d) Puerto Rico.

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

12. What refers to a species of grass in the genus Imperata which is placed in the subfamily Panicoideae, supertribe Andropogonodae, tribe Andropogoneae?
(a) Asian cogon grass.
(b) Ryegrass.
(c) Kentucky bluegrass.
(d) Fescue.

13. At the height of his smuggling days, Lee Moore had his own plane, two Lincoln Continentals, a large house and how much money in the bank?
(a) $850,000.
(b) $1,000,000.
(c) $600,000.
(d) $2,500,000.

14. Robert Fuchs' great-grandfather moved his family from where to Florida?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Illinois.

15. The poisonous South American toad now can grow up to how long?
(a) 7 inches.
(b) 5 inches.
(c) 9 inches.
(d) 4 inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Laroche move on to after leaving the plant world behind?

2. One of the most notorious plant crimes in Florida occurred when someone stole prize-winning orchids worth how much from the R. F. Orchids shadehouse?

3. When did the government begin three Seminole "subjugation and removal efforts"?

4. Who accompanies Denise to Motes Orchids in Anyone Can Grow Orchids?

5. The collector of Ghost Orchids in Plant Crimes had the secret of putting the baby ghost orchids in what kind of tree?

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