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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) $1,000,000.
(b) $850,000.
(c) $2,500,000.
(d) $600,000.

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

4. Robert Fuchs' great-grandfather came across orchids while traveling through what town?
(a) Palm Beach, Florida.
(b) Boca Raton, Florida.
(c) Homestead, Florida.
(d) Kissimmee, Florida.

5. 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?
(a) $500,000.
(b) $658,000.
(c) $250,000.
(d) $150,000.

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

7. 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) Walnut.
(c) Avocado.
(d) Almond.

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

9. How much did the circuit judge fine Laroche in his case?
(a) $5,500.
(b) $500.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $250.

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

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

12. Robert Fuchs is from a family that has been growing orchids for how many generations?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

13. The circuit judge in Laroche's case fined the Seminole Indians how much each?
(a) $500.
(b) $100.
(c) $50.
(d) $350.

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

15. What was the name of Gary Zill's nursery?
(a) Gary's Glowing Orchids.
(b) Zill High Performance Plants.
(c) Plant Master Orchids.
(d) Zill's Best Orchids.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Florida Seminoles are descendants of the Yuchi, Creek and what tribe?

2. What periodical had run an article about the Orchid Jungle, leading to its becoming a tourist attraction?

3. The owners of the Orchid Jungle won how much money in the Florida state lottery?

4. When did Robert Fuchs begin growing orchids professionally?

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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