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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. What is the name of Charles Darwin's work of scientific literature which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology?
(a) Chimp and Human Evolution.
(b) On the Origin of Species.
(c) My Evolutionary Argument.
(d) We Are All Chimps.

2. What publication about orchids did Frederick Sander publish?
(a) Classifications of Orchids.
(b) Reichenbachia.
(c) The Orchid Diaries.
(d) Orchidarenisus.

3. Orchids are considered the most _____ flowering plants on earth.
(a) Evolved.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Rare.
(d) Primitive.

4. Where was John Laroche accused of stealing orchids from in The Millionaire's Hothouse?
(a) Trilahasee Marsh.
(b) Bauxahatchee Preserve.
(c) Fakahatchee Strand.
(d) Stevenson Bog.

5. Who was put into a coma from the car accident John Laroche had?
(a) His neighbor.
(b) His wife.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John Laroche grow up?

2. Who was killed in the car accident John Laroche experienced?

3. What did Laroche do at the nursery he took Susan to visit in Cloning the Ghost?

4. How did John Laroche find out about the job working for the Seminoles?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Laroche take Susan in Gorgeous?

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

3. Who were Frederick Sander and Benedict Roezl?

4. What does Susan remark about the power of orchids on people in Orchid Fever?

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

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

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

8. Where had John Laroche first been inspired to grow plants?

9. What are John Laroche's most striking qualities? How is he introduced in the narrative?

10. Why did the park ranger tell Susan he believes people strive to see the Ghost Orchid?

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