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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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) $250,000.
(b) $500,000.
(c) $150,000.
(d) $658,000.

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

6. When did the legendary first Sapa Inca, Manco Capac, found the Kingdom of Cuzco?
(a) 1200.
(b) 1290.
(c) 1250.
(d) 1324.

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

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

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

10. 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) 950,000.
(d) 7.7 million.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Billy Bowlegs War take place?

2. What is a tree native to Puebla, Mexico and classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae along with cinnamon, camphor and bay laurel?

3. Martin Motes was described by Susan Orlean as a recovering what?

4. 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?

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

(see the answer keys)

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