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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. Where is Denise from in Anyone Can Grow Orchids?
(a) Puerto Rico.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Trinidad.
(d) Cuba.

2. Who accompanies Denise to Motes Orchids in Anyone Can Grow Orchids?
(a) Ron.
(b) Trent.
(c) Jeremy.
(d) Richard.

3. When did Robert Fuchs begin growing orchids professionally?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1975.

4. What was Osceola named at birth?
(a) Abraham Fulton.
(b) John Lindley.
(c) Albert Carter.
(d) Billy Powell.

5. What nursery had Tom Fennell once owned?
(a) Amazing Orchids.
(b) Orchids Inc.
(c) The Orchid Jungle.
(d) Orchids R Us.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the largest nurseries in south Florida, Kerry's Bromeliads houses over how many orchids?

2. Who got into an altercation with Fuchs, accusing him of being favored by the judges and telling the others that Fuchs had tried to bribe him when he was a judge?

3. What genus of plants were brought to south Florida as an ornamental landscape plant from Australia?

4. When was Osceola born?

5. What kind of plants did Gary Zill own a good number of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How successful had the plant smuggler from Barbecued Doves been in his high time?

2. What orchid show did Susan attend in Fortunes? Who did she see there?

3. What giant nursery did Tom Fennell take Susan to? What did they see there?

4. Who did Martin Motes take Susan to meet in Fortunes? What was Susan's impression?

5. What nursery had the Fennells owned? Why had they closed it?

6. What decision did the judge reach in Laroche's case?

7. What did the Gulf American Company sell?

8. What plant smuggler did Susan meet in Barbecued Doves? What did his wife talk about?

9. What was the result of many poachers taking plants from swamps in south Florida?

10. What did Susan envy about the orchid growers and collectors in Fortunes?

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