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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What apes in the family Hylobatidae are often smuggled into Florida?
(a) Chimpanzees.
(b) Gorillas.
(c) Macaques.
(d) Gibbons.

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

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

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

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

9. How many square feet of greenhouse makes up Kerry's Bromeliads?
(a) 1,000,000.
(b) 329,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 200,000.

10. 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.

11. Robert Fuchs' great-grandfather came across orchids while traveling through what town?
(a) Boca Raton, Florida.
(b) Kissimmee, Florida.
(c) Homestead, Florida.
(d) Palm Beach, Florida.

12. What is the name of Lee Moore's wife?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) Candy.
(c) Cindy.
(d) Chady.

13. 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) $850,000.
(d) $600,000.

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

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

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. 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?

3. The owners of the Orchid Jungle won how much money in the Florida state lottery?

4. What was the name of Gary Zill's nursery?

5. What did Laroche do with the stolen orchids which didn't die?

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