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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Laroche move on to after leaving the plant world behind?
(a) Trains.
(b) Windmills.
(c) Computers.
(d) Automobiles.

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

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

4. What is a semi-aquatic tropical plant grown as a leaf vegetable also known as "swamp cabbage"?
(a) Japanese lettuce.
(b) Chinese water-spinach.
(c) German kraut plant.
(d) Siberian onion.

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

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

7. 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) $2,500,000.
(b) $1,000,000.
(c) $850,000.
(d) $600,000.

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

9. What monkeys are the genus Lagothrix of New World monkeys, usually placed in the family Atelidae?
(a) Squirrel Monkeys.
(b) Owl Monkeys.
(c) Capuchins.
(d) Wooly Monkeys.

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

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

12. What doctor separated Osceola's head from his body?
(a) Dr. Windsor.
(b) Dr. Williams.
(c) Dr. Weedon.
(d) Dr. Woolmont.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What genus of plants were brought to south Florida as an ornamental landscape plant from Australia?

4. The collector of Ghost Orchids in Plant Crimes had the secret of putting the baby ghost orchids in what kind of tree?

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

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