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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. The Florida Seminoles are descendants of the Yuchi, Creek and what tribe?
(a) Cherokee.
(b) Sioux.
(c) Algonquian.
(d) Cheyenne.

2. One of Tom Fennell's neighbors had bell peppers worth how much money stolen from his fields?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $12,000.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $35,000.

3. In what neighborhood of Miami does Lee Moore live?
(a) Edgewater.
(b) Kendall.
(c) Allapattah.
(d) Flagami.

4. One of the most notorious plant crimes in Florida happened in what year, according to the author in Plant Crimes?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1992.

5. Where did Martin Motes drive to set up his display for the annual show in Fortunes?
(a) The Miami Mall.
(b) The Tampa Arboretum.
(c) The Miami Convention Center.
(d) The Tampa Convention Center.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the height of his smuggling days, Lee Moore had his own plane, two Lincoln Continentals, a large house and how much money in the bank?

2. Where is Denise from in Anyone Can Grow Orchids?

3. Where was Osceola born?

4. What is Lee Moore's profession, according to CITES and the US Government?

5. When did the government begin three Seminole "subjugation and removal efforts"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the history of the origin of the Seminole Indians? When had they largely moved from Florida?

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

9. What did the Gulf American Company sell?

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

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