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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. How many greenhouses in the Orchid Jungle were destroyed by Hurricane Andrew?
(a) 13.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

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

3. Where was Osceola born?
(a) Montgomery, Alabama.
(b) Mobile, Alabama.
(c) Birmingham, Alabama.
(d) Tallassee, Alabama.

4. What doctor separated Osceola's head from his body?
(a) Dr. Williams.
(b) Dr. Weedon.
(c) Dr. Windsor.
(d) Dr. Woolmont.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the South Florida Orchid Society in Fortunes, Susan calculated that there were roughly how much money worth of flowers?

2. Susan learned that if an orchid breeder comes up with a good cross fertilization, they will get the monopoly in the market for how long?

3. What was Osceola named at birth?

4. What did Laroche do with the stolen orchids which didn't die?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe plant poaching in south Florida. What examples does Susan provide in Plant Crimes?

2. What is the only way into the Fakahatchee Strand? How was the road built?

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

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

5. What are examples of things smuggled into Florida?

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

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

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

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

10. Discuss the beginning history of the Fakahatchee Strand described in The Good Life.

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