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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. What is a fungicide which was introduced in 1968 by DuPont and is a systemic benzimidazole fungicide that is selectively toxic to microorganisms and to invertebrates, especially earthworms?
(a) Azaconazole.
(b) Orysastrobin.
(c) Benomyl.
(d) Diclomezine.

3. What is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale?
(a) Sheath.
(b) Lamina.
(c) Bract.
(d) Frond.

4. What parts of the Ghost Orchid did Susan and her park ranger friend see in A Green Hell?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Pollen.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Roots.

5. Where was Benedict Roezl from?
(a) Poland.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Czechoslovakia.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alligators have remained largely unchanged for how many years?

2. Where did Susan witness John Laroche's trial in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

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

4. Where was Susan Orlean born?

5. Laroche told Susan that he understood her love of orchids because they bring about a sort of what in people?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Laroche take Susan in Gorgeous?

3. Where did Susan arrive to watch Laroche's trial? What did he reveal of his plans?

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

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

6. What does an orchid do when pollinating? What are orchids' habitat?

7. Why did Susan decide to go into the Fakahatchee Strand in A Green Hell? How did she feel entering it?

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

9. What scene did Laroche cause at a friend's nursery in Cloning the Ghost?

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

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