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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the park ranger which Susan met in A Green Hell take her?
(a) Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park.
(b) Falling Waters State Park.
(c) Amelia Island State Park.
(d) Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park.

2. John Laroche was in a car accident which led to what defect?
(a) A glass eye.
(b) A fake nose.
(c) A prosthetic leg.
(d) He lost his front teeth.

3. Where did Susan attend an orchid show with Laroche in Cloning the Ghost?
(a) Miami.
(b) Key West.
(c) Tampa.
(d) Atlanta.

4. What kind of orchid was John Laroche accused of attempting to steal in The Millionaire's Hothouse?
(a) Ghost Orchid.
(b) Poltergeist Orchid.
(c) Gremlin Orchid.
(d) Vampire Orchid.

5. How many acres make up the Fakahatchee Strand?
(a) 63,000.
(b) 143,775.
(c) 24,000.
(d) 36,450.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many species are in the Bulbophyllum genus of orchids?

2. John Laroche claimed of his family that the Laroches were a family of what?

3. What is the largest genus in the orchid family Orchidaceae?

4. When did Laroche tell Susan he had first gotten into plants and horticulture?

5. Where did Susan Orlean leave to go to Florida in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why had Laroche chosen orchids for cultivation? What did he begin with?

2. What legal loophole did Laroche hope to employ in taking the Ghost Orchids?

3. Who was William Micholitz? What story is related of him?

4. Where did Susan first learn of John Laroche? Where did she go to learn more?

5. Who were Frederick Sander and Benedict Roezl?

6. What is special about the pollination of orchids?

7. How had Laroche gone about building a nursery for the Seminoles?

8. When was the first orchid bloomed in England? Who began the collecting craze?

9. Where did Susan go after the orchid show in Miami in Cloning the Ghost?

10. Describe the Seminole Indians. Where do they live?

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