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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of smuggling did Lee Moore's wife regale when she met Susan?
(a) Nazi memorabilia phase.
(b) Pre-Columbian art phase.
(c) Post-WWI art phase.
(d) Pre-Benedectine art phase.

2. What is Lee Moore's profession, according to CITES and the US Government?
(a) Drug smuggler.
(b) Fisherman.
(c) Tour guide.
(d) Plant smuggler.

3. When did Robert Fuchs begin growing orchids professionally?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1988.

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

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

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

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) 12 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

9. 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.

10. What company had begun logging the Fakahatchee Strand for cypress trees in the 1950s?
(a) Jones Forestry Inc.
(b) The Lee Tidewater Cypress Company.
(c) Steven's Timber Company.
(d) John Smith Swamp Logging.

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

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

13. Laroche's exile from the Fakahatchee Strand was extended how long by the court?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 5 years.

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

15. What refers an immersed aquatic plant which originated in South America but has spread to many parts of the world and is considered an invasive species in Australia, China, New Zealand, Thailand and the United States?
(a) Curly Pondweed.
(b) Alligator Weed.
(c) Pond Lily.
(d) Milfoil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who got into an altercation with Fuchs, accusing him of being favored by the judges and telling the others that Fuchs had tried to bribe him when he was a judge?

2. What was the name of Robert Fuchs' great-grandfather?

3. When was the Cattleya Orchid named?

4. What nursery had Tom Fennell once owned?

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?

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