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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. The Fakahatchee Strand is 25 miles south of where?
(a) Gainesville, Florida.
(b) Jacksonville, Florida.
(c) Naples, Florida.
(d) Orlando, Florida.

2. There are over how many known species of orchids?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 35,000.
(c) 90,000.
(d) 42,000.

3. What word refers to the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image or desire?
(a) Impulsive.
(b) Fondness.
(c) Erratic.
(d) Obsession.

4. How did John Laroche find out about the job working for the Seminoles?
(a) Craigslist.
(b) Television commercial.
(c) Newspaper ad.
(d) Through his brother.

5. Susan Orlean has been a staff writer for what periodical since 1992?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) Rolling Stone.
(c) Time Magazine.
(d) The New Yorker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Charles Darwin's work of scientific literature which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology?

2. Where did John Laroche grow up?

3. In Orchid Fever, Susan writes that the international trade in orchids is more than how much per year?

4. What event had John Laroche attended which got him into plants and horticulture?

5. John Laroche claimed his plan was to teach the Seminoles everything he knows about what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is special about the pollination of orchids?

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

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

4. What did John Laroche reveal about his love of orchids in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

5. What did the judge concur after hearing Laroche at trial in The Millionaire's Hothouse? Where did Laroche take Susan afterward?

6. What demolished the remainder of Laroche's nursery before he worked for the Seminoles?

7. Describe orchid hunting. When did this activity begin?

8. How big is the Fakahatchee Strand? What plants and animals live there?

9. What knowledge did Laroche reveal while at an orchid show in Gorgeous? What did Susan learn there?

10. What events happened to John Laroche before he began working for the Seminoles?

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