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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Kerry's Bromeliads houses how many bromeliads?
(a) 2.2 million.
(b) 850,000.
(c) 1.4 million.
(d) 450,000.

3. What nursery does Robert Fuchs own?
(a) R. F. Orchids.
(b) Fuchs Nurseries.
(c) Robbie's Orchids.
(d) Rob's Orchids.

4. The collector of Ghost Orchids in Plant Crimes had the secret of putting the baby ghost orchids in what kind of tree?
(a) Mango.
(b) Orange.
(c) Plum.
(d) Cypress.

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

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

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

8. 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?
(a) Tom Fennell.
(b) William Spencer Cavendish.
(c) Lee Moore.
(d) Frank Smith.

9. At the South Florida Orchid Society in Fortunes, Susan calculated that there were roughly how much money worth of flowers?
(a) $24 million.
(b) $4 million.
(c) $34 million.
(d) $40 million.

10. What was the name of Robert Fuchs' great-grandfather?
(a) Michael.
(b) Charles.
(c) Marcus.
(d) Robert.

11. When was Osceola born?
(a) 1788.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1794.
(d) 1804.

12. What periodical had run an article about the Orchid Jungle, leading to its becoming a tourist attraction?
(a) The Miami Herald.
(b) The Florida Times-Union.
(c) The Florida Voice Times.
(d) The Tampa Tribune.

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

14. Where was Osceola born?
(a) Mobile, Alabama.
(b) Montgomery, Alabama.
(c) Tallassee, Alabama.
(d) Birmingham, Alabama.

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) Pond Lily.
(b) Curly Pondweed.
(c) Alligator Weed.
(d) Milfoil.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who owned the Gulf American Corporation?

3. What refers to a species of flowering plant in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, that is native to subtropical and tropical South America?

4. How many greenhouses in the Orchid Jungle were destroyed by Hurricane Andrew?

5. In what neighborhood of Miami does Lee Moore live?

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