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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. After Hurricane Andrew hit, Laroche had given up his nursery business forever, saying that he would die of what if he ever opened one up again?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) A broken heart.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Execution.

2. When was John Laroche born?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1962.

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

4. What refers to a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales?
(a) Boryaceae.
(b) Orchidaceae.
(c) Iridaceae.
(d) Asteliaceae.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When was William Spencer Cavendish born?

3. Where was Benedict Roezl from?

4. Where did the park ranger which Susan met in A Green Hell take her?

5. What is the name of the family in which snapping turtles belong?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What knowledge did Laroche reveal while at an orchid show in Gorgeous? What did Susan learn there?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How big is the Fakahatchee Strand? What plants and animals live there?

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