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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 periodical had run an article about the Orchid Jungle, leading to its becoming a tourist attraction?
(a) The Miami Herald.
(b) The Florida Voice Times.
(c) The Tampa Tribune.
(d) The Florida Times-Union.

2. What was the name of Gary Zill's nursery?
(a) Plant Master Orchids.
(b) Gary's Glowing Orchids.
(c) Zill High Performance Plants.
(d) Zill's Best Orchids.

3. What is a semi-aquatic tropical plant grown as a leaf vegetable also known as "swamp cabbage"?
(a) German kraut plant.
(b) Siberian onion.
(c) Chinese water-spinach.
(d) Japanese lettuce.

4. 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?
(a) Frank Smith.
(b) Tom Fennell.
(c) William Spencer Cavendish.
(d) Lee Moore.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what neighborhood of Miami does Lee Moore live?

2. Where was Osceola tricked and trapped on New Year's Day?

3. What did Laroche move on to after leaving the plant world behind?

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

5. One of the most notorious plant crimes in Florida happened in what year, according to the author in Plant Crimes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who was Osceola?

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

5. Where did Susan go to hear Martin Motes speak? Who did she meet there?

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

7. What about Laroche did Susan marvel about in Fortunes? What did Laroche go on to work with after plants?

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

9. What did Motes teach Susan about orchid breeding and monopolies?

10. Describe Robert Fuchs' family. When had they begun in the orchid business?

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