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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. One of the largest nurseries in south Florida, Kerry's Bromeliads houses over how many orchids?
(a) 1.2 million.
(b) 3.6 million.
(c) 7.7 million.
(d) 950,000.

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

4. 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) 7 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 12 years.

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

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

7. 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 North Florida Orchid Society Show.
(b) The Central Florida Orchid Society Show.
(c) The Southeast Orchid Society Show.
(d) The South Florida Orchid Society Show.

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

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

10. Where did Martin Motes drive to set up his display for the annual show in Fortunes?
(a) The Miami Mall.
(b) The Tampa Convention Center.
(c) The Tampa Arboretum.
(d) The Miami Convention Center.

11. What genus of plants were brought to south Florida as an ornamental landscape plant from Australia?
(a) Croomia.
(b) Pentastemona.
(c) Stemona.
(d) Melaleuca.

12. 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) $150,000.
(b) $250,000.
(c) $658,000.
(d) $500,000.

13. Whose family had owned the Orchid Jungle before winning the lottery?
(a) Tom Fennell's.
(b) Robert Callahan's.
(c) Francis Harrold's.
(d) John McMurphy's.

14. Susan marveled at Laroche's ability to do what with something obsessed over?
(a) Admire it.
(b) Hate it.
(c) Ignore it.
(d) Abandon it.

15. The owners of the Orchid Jungle won how much money in the Florida state lottery?
(a) 56 million.
(b) 2.48 million.
(c) 6.76 million.
(d) 124 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Lee Moore's wife?

2. Robert Fuchs is from a family that has been growing orchids for how many generations?

3. What is the only way to reach the Fakahatchee Strand?

4. Robert Fuchs is described as a tall, striking, handsome man who is both envied and disliked due to his what?

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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