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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 event had John Laroche attended which got him into plants and horticulture?
(a) The World Orthophytum Show.
(b) The World Edmundoa Show.
(c) The World Connellia Show.
(d) The World Bromeliad Show.

2. Where did Susan attend an orchid show with Laroche in Cloning the Ghost?
(a) Key West.
(b) Tampa.
(c) Miami.
(d) Atlanta.

3. What is the genus of the Ghost Orchid?
(a) Harrisella.
(b) Neobathiea.
(c) Campylocentrum.
(d) Dendrophylax.

4. To what order does the Ghost Orchid belong?
(a) Pandanales.
(b) Alismatales.
(c) Petrosaviales.
(d) Asparagales.

5. What is a plant that grows upon another plant non-parasitically or sometimes upon some other object, derives its moisture and nutrients from the air and rain and sometimes from debris accumulating around it, and is found in the temperate zone?
(a) Epiphyte.
(b) Chamaephyte.
(c) Phanerophyte.
(d) Cryptophyte.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take to determine whether cloning was effective in orchids?

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

3. The Fakahatchee Strand is 25 miles south of where?

4. The International Orchid Register now has more than how many different types of orchids in their registry?

5. Where was John Laroche accused of stealing orchids from in The Millionaire's Hothouse?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who were Frederick Sander and Benedict Roezl?

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

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

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

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

7. Who took Susan into the Fakahatchee Strand in A Green Hell? What was he like?

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

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

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

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