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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 Charles Darwin publish Fertilization of Orchids?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1868.
(c) 1862.
(d) 1861.

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

3. Although it was illegal for Laroche to bring a plant out of the Fakahatchee, it was legal for who to do so?
(a) Immigrants.
(b) Texans.
(c) His wife.
(d) Native Americans.

4. Studies at what university encouraged Charles Darwin's passion for natural science?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) University of Cambridge.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Oxford University.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Hurricane Andrew hit the U.S. coast?

2. Of what profession was Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward?

3. Most Seminoles speak what language?

4. The first orchid to bloom in England was not collected by a professional hunter, but brought back by whom?

5. To what order does the Ghost Orchid belong?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why were the Seminoles looking for someone to start a nursery?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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