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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 binomial name of the Ghost Orchid?
(a) Dendrophylax lindenii.
(b) Dendrophylax serpentilingua.
(c) Dendrophylax helorrhiza.
(d) Dendrophylax porrectus.

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) Orysastrobin.
(b) Benomyl.
(c) Azaconazole.
(d) Diclomezine.

3. Where did Susan Orlean leave to go to Florida in The Millionaire's Hothouse?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Massachusets.
(d) New York.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hollywood, Florida is just south of what city?

2. To what order does the Ghost Orchid belong?

3. When did Frederick Sander meet Benedict Roezl?

4. Orchids from seeds take a long time because many of the plants rarely form what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the narrative point of view of the book? What is its tense and voice?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is special about the pollination of orchids?

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