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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose family had owned the Orchid Jungle before winning the lottery?
(a) Robert Callahan's.
(b) John McMurphy's.
(c) Francis Harrold's.
(d) Tom Fennell's.

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

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

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

5. Robert Fuchs is described as a tall, striking, handsome man who is both envied and disliked due to his what?
(a) Status.
(b) Temper.
(c) Genius.
(d) Politics.

6. What woman famous in the orchid community for her touch with Ghost Orchids suffered a plant crime when someone mysteriously destroys the pods of some of her orchids?
(a) Susan Zarros.
(b) Savilla Quick.
(c) Diane Williams.
(d) Wendy Jones.

7. Who named the Cattleya Orchid?
(a) Billy Powell.
(b) Leonard Rosen.
(c) Lee Moore.
(d) John Lindley.

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

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

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

11. 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) $500,000.
(b) $150,000.
(c) $658,000.
(d) $250,000.

12. 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) Blue Dawn flower.
(c) Flame of the Forest.
(d) Brazilian pepper tree.

13. Robert Fuchs' great-grandfather moved his family from where to Florida?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Tennessee.

14. When did the government begin three Seminole "subjugation and removal efforts"?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1839.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1821.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What company did Laroche go on to start after leaving the plant world behind?

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

3. What doctor separated Osceola's head from his body?

4. Robert Fuchs' great-grandfather came across orchids while traveling through what town?

5. How many square feet of greenhouse makes up Kerry's Bromeliads?

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