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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. Who discovered the last species of Cattleya that would be discovered?
(a) Robert Fuchs.
(b) Lee Moore.
(c) Frank Smith.
(d) John Lindley.

2. When was the Cattleya Orchid named?
(a) 1827.
(b) 1815.
(c) 1829.
(d) 1818.

3. What woman famous in the orchid community for her touch with Ghost Orchids suffered a plant crime when someone mysteriously destroys the pods of some of her orchids?
(a) Diane Williams.
(b) Susan Zarros.
(c) Savilla Quick.
(d) Wendy Jones.

4. Who named the Cattleya Orchid?
(a) Leonard Rosen.
(b) Lee Moore.
(c) John Lindley.
(d) Billy Powell.

5. What did Laroche move on to after leaving the plant world behind?
(a) Automobiles.
(b) Windmills.
(c) Computers.
(d) Trains.

Short Answer Questions

1. The circuit judge in Laroche's case fined the Seminole Indians how much each?

2. What doctor separated Osceola's head from his body?

3. Robert Fuchs' great-grandfather moved his family from where to Florida?

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

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

2. Who had traveled to Washington D. C. on horseback to repeal a law amongst the Seminoles?

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

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

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

6. What did the Gulf American Company sell?

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

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

9. What did Laroche do with the stolen orchids? What is revealed of them in The Good Life?

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

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