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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. When did Laroche tell Susan he had first gotten into plants and horticulture?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1990.

2. When was William Spencer Cavendish born?
(a) 1795.
(b) 1785.
(c) 1799.
(d) 1790.

3. Laroche told Susan that he understood her love of orchids because they bring about a sort of what in people?
(a) Love sickness.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Hope.
(d) Longing.

4. Where was William Spencer Cavendish born?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) Warsaw, Poland.
(c) London, England.
(d) Moscow, Russia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. There are over how many known species of orchids?

2. Pollination of the Ghost Orchid is done by what?

3. What type of orchid produces a series of adjacent shoots which grow to a certain size, bloom and then stop growing, to be then replaced?

4. When did William Spencer Cavendish begin collecting orchids?

5. What is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What did Susan learn about the cloning of orchids in Gorgeous?

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

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

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

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

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